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J. Brent Morris, "Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp" (UNC Press, 2022)

New Books in African American Studies

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Brian Morris is the author of dismal freedom, a history of the maroons of the great doesn't swamp. He says that despite all the obstacles and the difficulties in bringing this story to bear why it was necessary and why this work had to be done. "Maroon voices demand a reassessment of the meaning of freedom," he writes.

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