Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp
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J. Brent Morris. (2022). Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. The University of North Carolina Press.

J. Brent Morris. 2022. Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. The University of North Carolina Press.

J. Brent Morris, Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. The University of North Carolina Press, 2022.

J. Brent Morris. Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. The University of North Carolina Press, 2022.

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Dismal Freedom unearths the stories of these maroons, their lives, and their struggles for liberation. Drawing from newly discovered primary sources and archeological evidence that suggests far more extensive maroon settlement than historians have previously imagined, award-winning author J. Brent Morris uncovers one of the most exciting yet neglected stories of American history. This is the story of resilient, proud, and determined people who made the Great Dismal Swamp their free home and sanctuary and who played an outsized role in undermining slavery through the Civil War.

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Dismal Freedom unearths the stories of these maroons, their lives, and their struggles for liberation. Drawing from newly discovered primary sources and archeological evidence that suggests far more extensive maroon settlement than historians have previously imagined, award-winning author J. Brent Morris uncovers one of the most exciting yet neglected stories of American history. This...

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