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Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom

A Marxist archaeologist uncovers traces of fugitive slave settlements deep in the Great Dismal Swamp.

Richard Grant Smithsonian Sep 2016 15min Permalink