61: Refuge in the Great Dismal Swamp

<p><strong>Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/southerngothicmedia"><strong>Patreon Supporter</strong></a><strong> today!</strong></p> <p>Along the coastal plain region of Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina lies the ominously named Great Dismal Swamp. While this unique habitat has served as home to a wide array of biological diversity for over ten thousand years, modern archaeologists are uncovering more and more evidence of a unique community of runaways slaves and their families who thrived there for over two centuries– the Great Dismal Swamp Maroons.</p> <p><strong>Want more southern Gothic?</strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong>Website:</strong> <a href="https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/">SouthernGothicMedia.com</a> </li> <li> <strong>Merch Store:</strong> <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/southern-gothic-the-podcast">Teespring.com/southern-gothic-the-podcast</a> </li> <li> <strong>Pinterest</strong> <a href="www.pinterest.com/southerngothicmedia">@SouthernGothicMedia</a> </li> <li> <strong>Facebook:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthernGothicMedia/">@SouthernGothicMedia</a> </li> <li> <strong>Instagram:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/southerngothicmedia/">@SouthernGothicMedia</a> </li> <li> <strong>Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/sogopodcast">@SoGoPodcast</a> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>