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The Black Seminoles : history of a freedom-seeking people
- Title
- The Black Seminoles : history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter ; revised and edited by Alcione M. Amos and Thomas P. Senter.
- Author
- Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981
- Publication
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [1996]
- ©1996
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc D 96-917 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- xi, 284 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This Story of a remarkable people, the Black Seminoles, and their charismatic leader, Chief John Horse, chronicles their heroic struggle for freedom. Beginning with the early 1800s, small groups of fugitive slaves living in Florida joined the Seminole Indians (an association that thrived for decades on reciprocal respect and affection). Kenneth Porter traces their fortunes and exploits as they moved across the country and attempted to live first beyond the law, then as loyal servants of it. He examines the Black Seminole role in the bloody Second Seminole War, when John Horse and his men distinguished themselves as fierce warriors, and their forced removal to the Oklahoma Indian Territory in the 1840s, where John's leadership ability emerged. The account includes the Black Seminole exodus in the 1850s to Mexico, their service as border troops for the Mexican government, and their return to Texas in the 1870s, where many of the men scouted for the U.S. Army. A powerful and stirring story, The Black Seminoles will appeal especially to readers interested in black history, Indian history, Florida history, and U.S. military history" --Front flap.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-271) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. War and Peace, Florida, 1812-1842. 1. Their Best Soldiers Are Black. 2. This Savage and Black War. 3. The Gathering Storm. 4. From Dade's Massacre to the Siege of Camp Izard. 5. General Scott, Governor Call, and the Great Wahoo. 6. There Is No Peace. 7. Okeechobee! 8. From Suspicion to Responsibility -- pt. 2. The Lean Years, Indian Territory, 1842-1850. 9. Seven Lean Years. 10. The Exodus to Mexico -- pt. 3. The Sanctuary, Mexico, 1850-1870. 11. This Land Was Bought with Blood. 12. Perils on the Border. 13. Adrift in the Laguna -- pt. 4. The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts, Texas, 1870-1914. 14. Black Watch on the Rio Grande. 15. Blood on the Saddle. 16. The End of the Scouts -- pt. 5. Father of His People, Mexico, 1876-1882. 17. Farewell to John Horse.
- Call Number
- HBC 96-13545
- ISBN
- 0813014514
- 9780813014517
- LCCN
- 96011055
- OCLC
- 34320717
- Author
- Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981, author.
- Title
- The Black Seminoles : history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter ; revised and edited by Alcione M. Amos and Thomas P. Senter.
- Publisher
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [1996]
- Copyright Date
- ©1996
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-271) and index.
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- Added Author
- Amos, Alcione M., editor.Senter, Thomas P., editor.
- Research Call Number
- HBC 96-13545Sc D 96-917