Results of a study published in 2007, "The Political Economy of Exile in the Great Dismal Swamp", say that thousands of people lived in the swamp between 1630 and 1865, Native Americans, maroons and enslaved laborers on the canal.
Eine Studie, die 2007 erschien, The Political Economy of Exile in the Great Dismal Swamp, besagt, dass Tausende von Menschen zwischen 1630 und 1865 im Sumpf lebten, Native Americans, Maroons und Kanalarbeiter.