Great article! I'd only otherwise known that maroon communities were formed on the relatively rare spots deep into the inaccessible areas of the swamp where solid ground was a few inches above high tide level (plus, where drinkable water was nearby). Four hundred years of aspiring to live free.
I have a feeling that Trump, relying on his limited knowledge of his "heritage" as a real estate developer and landlord-gouger, will, if he gets his mitts on the Great Dismal Swamp, characterize enslavers as heroic, venturing into Joseph Conrad-like jungle to reclaim their property, i.e., freedom-seeking maroons.
Maybe the National Heritage Area idea should be slow-walked until Trump is in his "third term"?
Thanks for an entertaining, informative comment. It calls to mind a persistent rumor in the early years after the Army announced in 2005 that it would retire Fort Monroe, but before overdevelopment-focused Virginia politicians in 2011 got THEIR mitts on THAT. The persistent rumor was that Donald Trump was eying that gorgeous metropolitan waterfront property in the heart of Tidewater. Also, given that self-emancipators were by definition enterprising and self-reliant, I've long wondered what the raving madman would do to evade admitting that if it ever confronted him.
Agree with you on almost all points. That one being: The Werewolf is able to ignore POCs but ONLY when we have done something praiseworthy.
FLASH: I see it now. It wants to build a super-size golf club, and I'll pre-name it, The Great Dismal Trump Course. He hires descendants of the Maroons to build it. Once they are done, he stiffs their company per his SOP.
Great article! I'd only otherwise known that maroon communities were formed on the relatively rare spots deep into the inaccessible areas of the swamp where solid ground was a few inches above high tide level (plus, where drinkable water was nearby). Four hundred years of aspiring to live free.
I have a feeling that Trump, relying on his limited knowledge of his "heritage" as a real estate developer and landlord-gouger, will, if he gets his mitts on the Great Dismal Swamp, characterize enslavers as heroic, venturing into Joseph Conrad-like jungle to reclaim their property, i.e., freedom-seeking maroons.
Maybe the National Heritage Area idea should be slow-walked until Trump is in his "third term"?
> if he gets his mitts on the Great Dismal Swamp
Thanks for an entertaining, informative comment. It calls to mind a persistent rumor in the early years after the Army announced in 2005 that it would retire Fort Monroe, but before overdevelopment-focused Virginia politicians in 2011 got THEIR mitts on THAT. The persistent rumor was that Donald Trump was eying that gorgeous metropolitan waterfront property in the heart of Tidewater. Also, given that self-emancipators were by definition enterprising and self-reliant, I've long wondered what the raving madman would do to evade admitting that if it ever confronted him.
Agree with you on almost all points. That one being: The Werewolf is able to ignore POCs but ONLY when we have done something praiseworthy.
FLASH: I see it now. It wants to build a super-size golf club, and I'll pre-name it, The Great Dismal Trump Course. He hires descendants of the Maroons to build it. Once they are done, he stiffs their company per his SOP.
Good article. It describes an interesting (and inspiring) chapter in history that we should remember.
Thanks for the encouragement!