Dismal Swamp

Set in the early 1800s, the novel follows 12-year-old Homer, his sister and other members of a community of Black people who had escaped slavery to settle in the Great Dismal Swamp.

He fought as well for preserving historic land and natural beauty, such as the Great Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia.

They can now inspect high-voltage power lines across the forested Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia.

Instead of being found mainly in the mountainous and southeastern parts of the state near the Great Dismal Swamp, in the last two decades more black bears have been found in the central part of the state.

Today part of this land is protected as the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, with a main entrance in Suffolk, Virginia.