Title: A Desolate Place for a Defiant People
Description: Sayers examines the Great Dismal Swamp's archaeological record from ca. 1600 until the time of the Civil War, exposing and unraveling the complex social and economic systems developed by the thousands of Indigenous Americans, Africa American maroons, free African Americans, enslaved company workers, and outcast Europeans who made the Swamp their home.
Subjects: Archaeology, Natural history, united states, Dismal swamp (n.c. and va.), North carolina, history, Virginia, history, History, Natural history