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15th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium
Panel 11: Piney Swamp: A Place of Black Resistance, A Site of Black Landedness, A Subject of Cooperative Research

Moderator: Sara Lewis, Fairfield Foundation
Darold Cuba, PhD (ABD), Founding Chair of the Cambridge AntiRacism Forum (CARF) and MarronageOrg, Cambridge University, UK
David A. Brown, PhD, Director, Fairfield Foundation
Nathaniel Glasgow, GIS Technician & Archaeologist, Fairfield Foundation
Apostle Markita Brooks, Pastor, Truth in the Spirit, Historic Antioch Baptist Church

The indistinctly-bounded area in mid-Gloucester, Virginia, known today as Piney Swamp was a place of refuge for enslaved African Americans. Early documentary evidence shows that some people fled to this area to escape bondage or used it for concealed gatherings, as it was a remote forested portion of Fairfield and other plantations. Following emancipation many formerly enslaved people formed a distinct community here. Although many left the 20th-century Piney Swamp community during the Great Migration, some remained, as did fond memories among those whose ancestors first owned land, formed churches, and attended schools there. For two decades, the Fairfield Foundation studied early land ownership patterns. During the past year, descendants of the enslaved and enslavers have cooperated in dialogue as the Fairfield Foundation Family Circle. This venture is renewing and raising awareness about the beloved community, sharing memories and reconnecting descendants.