On this episode we journey into the heart of The Great Dismal Swamp for a history lesson on the escaped enslaved community of people called Maroons.
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Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, David Cronin 1888
Swamp Bear
Slave Hunt in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1862
Archaeologist at Work
SOURCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Drummond
https://www.virginia.org/listings/HistoricSites/GreatDismalSwampNationalWildlifeRefuge/
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/great-dismal-swamp/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp_maroons
https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2016/08/22/suffolk-man-plumbs-slave-history/