Meanings of black marsh in English

There thousands of acres of black marsh-muck stretch under summers' sun and winters' snows.

On their right, in a black marsh, the spring peepers were in full and desperate song.

That beautiful, shining, creeping thing was water; not thick, tepid, black marsh water, but pure, cool, silver water.

A black marsh spread beyond, and a great gloomy building reared itself against the blue Canadian sky on the other side.

Gaunt black trees, grim black marshes, dull black river, and low black sky.

On the same day, a man was speared in bed, at E. Danoven's, Black Marsh.

Mr. Bisdee's hut attacked; also Mr. Thomson's stock hut, and Mr. Brodribb's, at the Black Marsh.

About forty natives attacked the house of Mr. Brodribb, Black Marsh: they were divided into small parties, and made their attacks simultaneously: one man speared.