The swamp, said Marcus P. Nevius, author of “City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856,″ was “both a place of slave labor’s exploitation and a place ...

The proposed Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area is in the midst of a 3-year feasibility study process. More for You. Columbia University President Resigns After School Accepts Trump's Demands.

The Great Dismal Swamp was a stop on the Underground Railroad -- and for some Freedom Seekers, it became home their Maroon Colonies on 'islands' in the swamp.' Even with all the risks, the swamp ...

Wealth in the Great Dismal Swamp. Share full article. May 14, 1867. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 14, 1867, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – A Great Dismal Swamp Canal Trail boat ramp and parking area will be closed several months for construction. The city of Chesapeake says the Ballahack Boat Ramp and ...

Biden signed the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act, which directs the Department of the Interior to study making the […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 56°F.

Serome Hamlin explores the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge with Manager, Chris Lowie, to talk about the natural and human history of the swamp and learn how the unique ecosystem is ...

The proposed Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area is in the middle of a three-year feasibility study process. That includes a public comment period, which is open now until May 19th.

In the dog days of Virginia's summer, it would seem to be no surprise that a place as inhospitable to humans as the snake-infested, mosquito-swarming Great Dismal Swamp would have such a downer of ...

Today, however, the largest intact chunk of the Great Dismal Swamp is thriving with an abundance of wildlife. That’s because in 1974, after a series of land purchases by or donated to the ...

The proposed Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area is in the middle of a three-year feasibility study process. That includes a public comment period, which is open now until May 19th.