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These trees
they’re speaking to me
they’re speaking to me
these trees

Maroons were enslaved Africans that escaped from colonial settlers and resided in the untamed land of the Caribbean and the Americas. They were a constant threat to the institution of slavery.
The homes represented in the exhibition are inspired by Maroon settlements in the swamplands of Louisiana and the Great Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina.