URI_Research _Magazine_Momentum_Spring_2020_Melissa-McCarthy

exploring THE HISTORIES OF BLACK RESISTANCE AND SLAVERY IN THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP

written by HUGH MARKEY

Some of the slaves not only escaped into the Swamp, but also created small communities that engaged in unofficial trade in goods and provisions with the neighboring companies, a process referred to as petit marronage .

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