Great Dismal Swamp maroons
... that thousands of former slaves, the Great Dismal Swamp maroons , settled in the marshlands of Virginia and North Carolina from the early 1700s to 1865?
... that thousands of former <a href="./Slavery_in_the_United_States" id="mwCyk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery in the United States">slaves</a>, the <b id="mwCyo"><a href="./Great_Dismal_Swamp_maroons" id="mwCys" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Dismal Swamp maroons">Great Dismal Swamp maroons</a></b> <i id="mwCyw">(pictured)</i>, settled in the marshlands of <a href="./Virginia" id="mwCy0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="./North_Carolina" id="mwCy4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> from the early 1700s to 1865?