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The Great Dismal Swamp maroons were freed and escaped slaves who inhabited the marshlands of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North carolina Thousands of escaped slaves made a new life in one of thew world’s most unwelcoming places—the Great Dismal Swamp, full of sink holes, thorns, snakes, bears, and bugs—for a chance at self-determination Although conditions were harsh, research suggests that thousands lived there between about 1700 and the 1860s. 1855 Bold stroke for freedom Teenage slave Ann Wood turned back an armed white posse with her shotgun and led a group of Young boys and girls Armed with guns in Loudon ,Virginia and reached freedom in the North... #SeedofAnnWood #ShottyAnn #LadyOutlaw
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:54:14 +0000

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