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1600s- Native Americans, black people, & unruly whites begin using the Great Dismal Swamp as a refuge from British settlements. By the 1800s, thousands of mostly African-American "maroons" will inhabit the high & dry parts of the swamp, known as mesic islands. Self-sufficiency, barter with the outside world, & raids on nearby plantations will keep the maroons housed, fed, & moderately comfortable. Numerous attacks against the planter class will be conceived in the swamp * carried out from it. Swamp Core, Great Dismal Swamp, Beverly Jenkins, Dismal Swamp, Goblin Market, Swamp People, African History Truths, Where The Crawdads Sing, Biological Diversity

1600s- Native Americans, black people, & unruly whites begin using the Great Dismal Swamp as a refuge from British settlements. By the 1800s, thousands of mostly African-American "maroons" will inhabit the high & dry parts of the swamp, known as mesic islands. Self-sufficiency, barter with the outside world, & raids on nearby plantations will keep the maroons housed, fed, & moderately comfortable. Numerous attacks against the planter class will be conceived in the swamp * carried out from…

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