Research Catalog

Title

The Black Seminole legacy and North American politics, 1693-1845 / Bruce Edward Twyman.

Author

Twyman, Bruce Edward, 1955-

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, c1999.

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Description

x, 173 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "The Black Seminole Legacy explores the influence wielded by fugitive slaves who fled to Florida and formed alliances with Native peoples, mainly Seminoles. It tells the hidden story of the impact that those people, known as Black Seminoles, had on the political policies of Spain, Britain, and the United States from 1693 to 1845." "Using government documents from those countries, the author shows how Black Seminoles affected and even influenced U.S. presidents, including Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson. The Black Seminole leader Abraham, a particularly important character in this saga, is featured in the work. The book also reveals the important role of Black Seminoles in Spanish survival in Florida and in Florida's acquiring statehood."
• "The Black Seminole Legacy introduces new insights into Native and African-American relationships. It will fascinate the general, as well as the scholarly, reader."--Jacket.

Subject

• Black Seminoles > Florida > Government relations
• Fugitive slaves > United States > History
• African Americans > Florida > Relations with Indians
• Seminole Indians > Florida > Government relations
• Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818
• Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
• Florida > History > To 1821
• United States > Politics and government > To 1775
• United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Relationships between native and Black Seminoles -- Black Seminole rebels and the New World policies of Spain and Britain -- The Spanish and the rebels in Florida, 1693-1821 -- British colonial politics and the Florida rebels, 1693-1763 -- U.S. reaction to the Black Seminoles, 1788-1814 -- The First Seminole War, 1817-18 -- The Second Seminole War, 1835-1842 -- The indirect impact of MLR.

ISBN

0882582046

LCCN

^^^99052746^

OCLC

• 42649824
• SCSB-11942400

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library