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Letter from Virginia September 1, 2011

American Refugees

Thousands of escaped slaves made a new life in one of the world's most unwelcoming places—the Great Dismal Swamp, full of sink holes, thorns, snakes, bears, and bugs—for a chance at self-determination

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(Courtesy Dan Sayers)

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