Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Historian Dr. Marcus P. Nevius to look into the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina and its role as a haven for self-emancipated enslaved people. We examine who settled in the inhospitable environment and how—using unconventional sources—individual stories of such freedom seekers can be revealed for us today.

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Relevant Links:

• Marcus' book: City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763–1856: https://ugapress.org/book/9780820356426/city-of-refuge/
• Members of the Great Dismal Swamp Company: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-01-02-0054-0002
• Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy; Late a Slave in the United States of America: https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/grandy/grandy.html
•  The Jamaican Maroons: https://nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/The%20Maroons%20edited%20final.htm
•  The Free State of Jones (Book): https://uncpress.org/book/9781469627052/the-free-state-of-jones-movie-edition/
•  The Free State of Jones (Movie): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124037/
•  Gugu Mbatha-Raw - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1813221/
•  Ira Berlin: https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/october-2018/ira-berlin-(1941–2018)
• Twitter: @Marcneev
• Marcus's linktree: https://linktr.ee/MarcusPNevius

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