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Tag Archives: Civil War

Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom

LATEST ARTICLESBy davidevansDecember 4, 2016

The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways The worse it gets, as I wade and stumble through the Great Dismal Swamp, the better I understand its history as a place of refuge. Each ripping thorn and sucking mudhole makes it clearer. It was the dense, tangled hostility of the swamp and…

The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones

LATEST ARTICLESBy davidevansMarch 29, 2016

With two rat terriers trotting at his heels, and a long wooden staff in his hand, J.R. Gavin leads me through the woods to one of the old swamp hide-outs. A tall white man with a deep Southern drawl, Gavin has a stern presence, gracious manners and intense brooding eyes. At first I mistook him…

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