Hidden Freedom in the Great Dismal Swamp

Escaped enslaved Africans formed hidden maroon communities in the Great Dismal Swamp, creating freedom in one of America’s ...
Newsday

‘Escape to the Great Dismal Swamp’ review: Fascinating, well-told story

WHAT IT’S ABOUT The Great Dismal Swamp, now a national wildlife refuge, lies on the border of North Carolina with Virginia, and extends south from Norfolk. Thousands of escaped slaves fled here from ...
Quad-City Times

Butterfly, swamp milkweed are best bets for home landscape

Some milkweed species are attractive additions to home landscapes, and monarch butterflies like them too. Here are some tips from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists on ...
PBS

The Swamp

The Swamp explores repeated efforts to alter the landscape of Florida and tame the glades. A new PBS American Experience documentary premiering this month tells the dramatic story of man's attempt to ...
insider.si.edu

A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp / Daniel O. Sayers

The Great Dismal Swamp landscape, then and now -- Alienation: a foundational concept -- The architecture of alienation in modern history -- The documented Great Dismal Swamp, 1585-1860 -- Scission ...