Great Dismal Swamp
The inhabitable Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia that became a safe haven for freed slaves
The Great Dismal Swamp of the Virginia colony was one of the safe havens for enslaved or runaway slaves in the 1800s. When free Africans who had served their terms of contracts and those who were freeborn became targets for white slave raiders, the swamp became their natural fortress. It protected them from kidnapping and recapture…
