The Great Dismal Swamp: A Place That Doesn’t Live Up To Its Name
bring together southeastern Virginia with northeast North Carolina , the Great Dismal Swamp is a reaching of forested wetland that , in hindsight , does n’t really inhabit up to the “ dismal ” part of its name . While its yesteryear is marked by some of the drab parts ofAmerican history , this swampland has long served as a refuge for both people and wildlife . A refuge for people The Great Dismal Swamp is far from dismal today , but it ’s deserving point out that its past is twine with that of colonization and slaveholding ....