A Desolate Place for a Defiant People : The Archaeology of Maroons, Indigenous Americans, and Enslaved Laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp /

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Sayers examines the Great Dismal Swamp's archaeological record from ca. 1600 until the time of the Civil War, exposing and unraveling the complex social and economic systems developed by the thousands of Indigenous Americans, Africa American maroons, free African Americans, enslaved company wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sayers, Daniel O. (Author)
Corporate Author: Society for Historical Archaeology
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Natural history.
Archaeology.
Maroons.
Fugitive slave communities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Sciences naturelles > Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.)
Archeologie > Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.)
Maroons > Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
Fugitive slave communities > Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
Natural history > Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
Archaeology > Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
United States > Dismal Swamp.
Dismal Swamp (Car. du N. et Virg.) > Histoire.
Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Sayers examines the Great Dismal Swamp's archaeological record from ca. 1600 until the time of the Civil War, exposing and unraveling the complex social and economic systems developed by the thousands of Indigenous Americans, Africa American maroons, free African Americans, enslaved company workers, and outcast Europeans who made the Swamp their home.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813055244

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