A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp

• Tác giả: Daniel O Sayers
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780813060187 (acid free paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 975.5523 Virginia
• Mô tả vật lý: xvi, 253 pages : , illustrations, maps ; , 24 c
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 349226
• Chủ đề: 1. Archaeology--Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va; 2. Natural history--Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-247) and index

Tóm tắt

Sayers examines the Great Dismal Swamp's archaeological record from ca. 1600 until the time of the Civil War, exposing and unraveling the complex social and economic systems developed by the thousands of Indigenous Americans, Africa American maroons, free African Americans, enslaved company workers, and outcast Europeans who made the Swamp their home