History of the Great Dismal Swamp

The Great Dismal Swamp is a National Wildlife Refuge. Archaeologists discovered that it was once a secret community for people escaping slavery.

[@neverboundfreeindeed]

This is an absolutely outstanding piece of history profiled here!!!! God, I thank You for bringing us through!!!!

[@quareacts]

This is beautiful we MUST PUSH THIS EVERYWHERE THIS NEEDS 49 million views ❤❤❤❤❤

[@teerell3820]

The real American History 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✊🏿

[@Olkotie]

Boi if those trees could talk 😢

[@joebutler1274]

They would speak the spirit of revolution✊🏾❤️🔥

[@thegr8one572]

This is American history ✊🏾🇺🇲

[@americanindian1403]

I JUST FOUND OUT MY ANCESTORS WERE FROM HERE , and they were native Americans of color , my ancestry test disappeared after 1775 , my family was hiding to stay alive and I respect them soooooo much more , to know what they had to face just to stay alive to see better days

[@NoName-gh5mq]

🇺🇲🖤🇺🇲🖤🇺🇲🖤🇺🇲crazy we are just finding this information out

[@NazbolGaming]

Who cares

[@Nightbird1914]

@@NazbolGamingApparently the viewers cared enough to click on this video.

[@danielwood2688]

This is so cool . Wow!

[@AB-bg1or]

Dude looked like Waylon Jennings

[@BoogalooBoy]

I go up there a lot, South Mills ain't too far from my home.

[@joebutler1274]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏾

[@Emlane09]

Mosquito town

[@jakealden2517]

God bless America for abolishing the slave trade! And what an interesting piece of history about the swamp.

[@americanindian1403]

Maroon is another word for American Indian

[@areguapiri]

Wrong. Maroon in this story refers to black slaves in North America who escaped and hid in forests or in native tribes.

[@NazbolGaming]

No ur wrong

[@mdg1367]

​@@NazbolGaming So what's right?

[@quareacts]

@@mdg1367 a Maroon is someone escaping slavery.

[@thegr8one572]

Maroons are escaped Slaves ✊🏾🇺🇲