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Author Morris, J. Brent, author.

Title Dismal freedom : a history of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp / J. Brent Morris
Published Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2022]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: The Origins of Dismal Swamp Marronage -- CHAPTER TWO: Dismal Swamp Maroons in the Colonial Era -- CHAPTER THREE: North American Maroon Wars, 1775-1831 -- CHAPTER FOUR: Maroon Life in the Great Dismal Swamp -- CHAPTER FIVE: Dismal Swamp Marronage Triumphant -- EPILOGUE: From Dismal Freedom to the Free Dismal
Summary "The massive and foreboding Great Dismal Swamp sprawls over 2,000 square miles and spills over parts of Virginia and North Carolina. From the early seventeenth century, the nearly impassable Dismal frustrated settlement. However, what may have been an impediment to the expansion of slave society became an essential sanctuary for many of those who sought to escape it. In the depths of the Dismal, thousands of maroons--people who had emancipated themselves from enslavement and settled beyond the reach of enslavers--established new lives of freedom in a landscape deemed worthless and inaccessible by whites. This is the first book to fully examine the lives of these maroons and their struggles for liberation"
The origins of Dismal Swamp maroonage -- Dismal Swamp maroons in the colonial era -- North American maroon wars, 1775-1831 -- Maroon life in the Great Dismal Swamp -- Dismal Swamp marronage triumphant -- Epilogue: From dismal freedom to the free dismal
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Description based on print version record
Subject Noirs affranchis -- Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.) -- Histoire
Esclaves fugitifs -- Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.) -- Histoire
Free Black people -- Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) -- History
Fugitive slave communities -- Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) -- History
Fugitive slaves -- Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) -- History
Maroons -- Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) -- History
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Maroons
Fugitive slaves
Fugitive slave communities
Free Black people
SUBJECT Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.) -- Histoire
Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) -- History
Subject United States -- Dismal Swamp
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Project Muse. distributor.
LC no. 2021054810
ISBN 9781469668260
1469668262
9781469668253
1469668270
1469668254
9781469668277