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  • The Dismal Swamp Maroon Community Started In 1680 And Was Dominated By Escaped African American Slaves on Random Facts Of Escaped Slaves Who Abandoned Society To Live In A Swamp

    (#1) The Dismal Swamp Maroon Community Started In 1680 And Was Dominated By Escaped African American Slaves

    Archaeologists who've studied the area believe that escaped slaves found refuge in the Great Dismal Swamp starting around 1680, back when America was still a British Colony. The community thrived and grew between then and the Civil War, when the slaves were freed and could join society.

    It was dominated by African Americans during this period, although Native Americans, white indentured servants, and others fleeing standard societal norms lived there as well. 

  • Briar Bushes, Soggy Conditions, And Mosquitoes Made The Swamp An Unpleasant Place To Live – But A Great Place To Hide on Random Facts Of Escaped Slaves Who Abandoned Society To Live In A Swamp

    (#2) Briar Bushes, Soggy Conditions, And Mosquitoes Made The Swamp An Unpleasant Place To Live – But A Great Place To Hide

    The swamp now consists of 112,000 acres, but back in the 1600s, it had over 1 million acres of wetlands. The land is filled with prickly briar bushes and water-logged ground. It is home to mosquitoes, snakes – including water moccasins – bobcats, and in the 17th century, even bears.

    All of this made it an unpleasant location to call home, but those conditions also kept the determined people who lived there safe from their pursuers.  

  • Members Of The Community Emerged From The Swamp To Fight In Wars Over The Years on Random Facts Of Escaped Slaves Who Abandoned Society To Live In A Swamp

    (#5) Members Of The Community Emerged From The Swamp To Fight In Wars Over The Years

    The maroons living in the swamp didn't just hide out there, afraid of being seen again. They emerged from their island cabins to fight in wars against the people who enslaved them in the first place. There are records of them fighting in Lord Dunmore's Royal Ethiopian Regiment during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774 (a pre-Revolution skirmish between Lord Dunmore, then the Governor of Virginia, and the Mingo and Shawnee tribes in what is now the Ohio Valley.)

    Maroons also fought for the British during the Revolutionary War, and they fought for the Union during the Civil War. 

  • People Also Lived On The Outer Edges And Canal Areas Of The Swamp on Random Facts Of Escaped Slaves Who Abandoned Society To Live In A Swamp

    (#4) People Also Lived On The Outer Edges And Canal Areas Of The Swamp

    Despite the fact that most historians and archaeologists believe that the main part of the maroon community lived on the islands deep within the swamp, there is evidence that some were brave enough to remain on its outskirts. The outer edges of the swamp had rougher terrain, as well as a series of canals that workers dug to control the water in certain parts.

    The people living in these areas are believed to have been mostly Native Americans, who didn't need to hide from slave catchers. 

  • Human Remains Still Haven't Been Found On The Island, Adding To The Mystery on Random Facts Of Escaped Slaves Who Abandoned Society To Live In A Swamp

    (#11) Human Remains Still Haven't Been Found On The Island, Adding To The Mystery

    Although the island is still undergoing excavation, some mysteries remain. One involves where the dead members of the community were buried. To this day, human remains of any kind haven't been found at all, either near the remnants of the cabins or in a traditional cemetery. It's possible that a burial ground does exist, but hasn't been located – or the people who lived there placed their dead elsewhere in the swamp. 

  • Native Americans, Pushed Out Of Their Lands, Helped The People In The Swamp Community on Random Facts Of Escaped Slaves Who Abandoned Society To Live In A Swamp

    (#10) Native Americans, Pushed Out Of Their Lands, Helped The People In The Swamp Community

    Pottery and stone projectiles, such as large arrowheads, are just two of the things found by archaeologists on the island dig site. Some of the pottery was shattered and placed at the bottom of cabin post holes, most likely to provide additional support. These items are proof that the escaped slaves were not alone out there – they communicated with the local Native American tribes as well.

    Encroaching colonial settlements displaced plenty of the tribes in the area, turning them into allies of the people fleeing enslavement. 

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Since the 18th century, countless blacks were trafficked to the southern regions of the United States. Here, black slaves do not exist as independent humans, they were regarded as the property of the plantation owner. A large number of blacks worked hard to do heavy work every day, and were abused by plantation owners, which aroused the resistance of some black slaves, they fled the plantation and hid in the woods or swamps near the plantation.

The Great Dismal Swamp has also become a sanctuary for generations of African-American communities. For centuries, fugitive slaves have been hidden in a vibrant and self-sufficient community and eventually escaped slavery. The random tool introduced 12 facts about the life of escaped slaves who live in a swamp.

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