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

by Daniel Sayers

Book Overview

In the 250 years before the Civil War, the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina was a brutal landscape--2,000 square miles of undeveloped and unforgiving wetlands, peat bogs, impenetrable foliage, and dangerous creatures. It was also a protective refuge for marginalized individuals, including Native Americans, African-American maroons, free African Americans, and outcast Europeans.

In the first thorough archaeological examination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081306192X
• ISBN13: 9780813061924
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"