The Great Dismal Swamp is a massive swamp located along the border of Virginia and North Carolina. George Washington was a shareholder in the Dismal Swamp Company, a venture in land speculation that tried to drain the swamp and turn...
Great Dismal Swamp
The Great Dismal Swamp and Fugitive Slaves
Check out writer Richard Grant’s piece on the Great Dismal Swamp: Here is a taste from Smithsonian.com: The worse it gets, as I wade and stumble through the Great Dismal Swamp, the better I understand its history as a place of...