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The Great Dismal Swamp was a refuge for the enslaved. Their descendants want to preserve it.


The Great Dismal Swamp was a refuge for the enslaved. Their descendants want to preserve it.
Meagan Flynn
Eric Sheppard is the great-great-great-nephew of Moses Grandy, who was enslaved in the Great Dismal Swamp and ultimately became an abolitionist. He and others are pushing to make the swamp a national heritage site. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Almost 20 years ago, Eric Sheppard picked up the slave narrative written by his distant ancestor, Moses Grandy, and set out to retrace his long trudge to freedom.
“Everywhere Moses Grandy went, I went,” Sheppard said. “The clues were left in Moses Grandy’s slave narrative for me.” ....

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NPCA Position on H.R. 803, Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act


NPCA shared the following letter with members of the House of Representives ahead of an anticipated floor vote scheduled for February 26th. 
We write to share our support for H.R. 803, Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act, as well as positions on specific amendments, ahead of an anticipated floor vote scheduled for February 26th, 2021.
NPCA supports the passage of this visionary legislation that ensures long term protection for the Grand Canyon as well as nearly 1.5 million acres of wilderness and more than 1,000 river miles of National Wild and Scenic Rivers System across the West. H.R. 803 presents an incredible opportunity to protect cultural and natural resources in critical park landscapes. The following titles to the bill would specifically enhance national parks: ....

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Virginia, North Carolina leaders introduce legislation to protect the Great Dismal Swamp


Virginia, North Carolina leaders introduce legislation to protect the Great Dismal Swamp
Published Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, 11:01 am
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The Great Dismal Swamp is home to the ancestral lands of the Nansemond Indian Nation and the historic lands of the Haliwa-Saponi and Meherrin Tribes.
The area is also home to the largest known collection of archaeological artifacts from maroon colonies, and is one of the only known water-based stops on the Underground Railroad to freedom. ....

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