Dismal freedom : a history of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp /

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"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 societ...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, J. Brent (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
Personnes noires affranchies > Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.) > Histoire.
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.
Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.) > Histoire.
Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) > History.
United States > Dismal Swamp.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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