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The modern Florida Seminole, about 17,233 at the 2010 census, Miccosukee and Traditionals descend from these survivors. [6] The Florida Seminole re-established limited relations with the United States and Florida governments in the late 19th century, and by the early 20th century were concentrated in five camps in the Everglades.
The black Seminole culture that took shape after 1800 was a dynamic mixture of African, Native American, Spanish, and slave traditions. Adopting certain practices of the Native Americans, maroons wore Seminole clothing and ate the same foodstuffs prepared the same way: they gathered the roots of a native plant called coontie, grinding, soaking, and straining them to make a starchy flour ...
Alyssa Osceola, artist and member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, sews patchwork at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum's Indigenous Artist Series on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.
Kersey, Jr., Harry A. "The Florida Seminole Land Claims Case, 1950-1990." Florida Historical Quarterly 72, no. 1 (1993): 35-55. Mahon, John K. History of the Second Seminole War, 1835–1842. Gainesville: Library Press@UF, Reissued 2017. First published 1967 by University of Florida Press (Gainesville). Page references are to the 2017 edition.
After acquisition by the U.S. of Florida in 1821, many American slaves and Black Seminoles frequently escaped from Cape Florida to the British colony of the Bahamas, settling mostly on Andros Island. Contemporary accounts noted a group of 120 migrating in 1821, and a much larger group of 300 enslaved African Americans escaping in 1823.
Dunn began giving Florida Black history tours earlier this year in response to the state’s attempt to curb so-called “woke” lessons on race and racism. He calls them “Teach the Truth” tours.
Between 1866-1872, roughly 20,000 Black and White Americans were killed for trying to educate Black people, historian Shawn Leigh Alexander said in the documentary “Tell Them We Are Rising: The ...