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In addition to a careful social history of this untamable land, Nevius has written a thoughtful reflection on the various 'landscapes of slavery' that spread over early America. He directly engages with the perennial problem of archival silence, reading all kinds of documents-tax records, work contracts, company orders-against the grain. In this way he enables at least some of the people who endured ""swamp slavery"" to tell us how they survived."" —J. M. Opal, Journal of Southern History

In addition to a careful social history of this untamable land, Nevius has written a thoughtful reflection on the various 'landscapes of slavery' that spread over early America. He directly engages with the perennial problem of archival silence, reading all kinds of documents-tax records, work contracts, company orders-against the grain. In this way he enables at least some of the people who endured swamp slavery to tell us how they survived. -J. M. Opal, Journal of Southern History

In addition to a careful social history of this untamable land, Nevius has written a thoughtful reflection on the various 'landscapes of slavery' that spread over early America. He directly engages with the perennial problem of archival silence, reading all kinds of documents-tax records, work contracts, company orders-against the grain. In this way he enables at least some of the people who endured swamp slavery to tell us how they survived. - J. M. Opal, Journal of Southern History

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Marcus P. Nevius is an associate professor of history at the University of Rhode Island. His scholarship has received support from the the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary, the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. He has also published an article in History Compass and several book reviews in the Journal of African American History, Journal of Southern History, and H-Civil War.

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