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The King's edict
- Title
- The King's edict / Troy Community Academy.
- Publication
- [Miami, Fla.] : [Troy Community Academy?], [200-?]
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- Description
- 40 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- Discusses the story of the people who eventually became the Seminole Tribe and Florida's history as a destination for Indians and African Americans seeking freedom from oppression and slavery.
- Alternative Title
- Troy Community Academy presents The King's edict
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Cover title.
- "In 1693 the King of Spain instructed his governor in Florida to grant freedom to all Africans arriving in Florida. His edict can be seen as a symbol of the fact that thousands of Africans lived free in Florida for many generations. This project follows Florida's chapters of black freedom and it catalogs the US campaign to end it."
- "'The King's Edict' project, including this informational booklet was made possible with a major grant from the Florida Humanities Council. The project sponsor was Troy Community Academy with the partnership of the City of Miami Parks and Recreation Dept. and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida ... The tour guides for the project are Troy Community Academy students ... project coordinator was William Keddell ..."--Page 1.
- "The Seminoles coalesced from both Native Americans and formerly enslaved Africans who migrated to Florida in the Spanish era. The Native Seminoles are derived from independent Lower Creek Indians, Miccosukee, Yammassee, Red Sticks and other Indian groups. The African Seminoles, for the most part, were escapees from enslavement in the English Colony of Carolina."--Page 4.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 38).
- Contents
- A symbol of freedom -- Before the edict -- The Yamasee -- Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose) -- The British -- The Spanish return -- Andrew Jackson and John Horse -- The Negro fort -- The Americans -- The ultimatum at Moultrie Creek -- Transportation -- Panic -- War -- General Jessup -- A concession to the Negro Seminoles -- Capture -- Emancipation -- Coacoochee -- Broken promises -- Mexico -- Miami -- Andros Island -- $500 in gold coins -- Coacoochee's death -- The Third Seminole War -- To Mexico City -- The end of an era -- Fort Clarke -- Segregation -- References.
- Call Number
- Sc D 16-1741
- OCLC
- 320963953
- Title
- The King's edict / Troy Community Academy.
- Imprint
- [Miami, Fla.] : [Troy Community Academy?], [200-?]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 38).
- Added Author
- Troy Community Academy (Miami, Fla.)Florida Humanities Council.Miami (Fla.). Department of Parks.Historical Museum of Southern Florida (Miami, Fla.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 16-1741