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In February 1816, Colonel Powell, Captain Daniel Johnston, and John McGaskey were prospecting land in the Mississippi Territory, which the United States had acquired in the Treaty of Fort Jackson but which the Creeks refused to abandon. Suddenly, shots rang out, and in an instant, Johnston and McGaskey were dead.
19 Αυγ 2019 · The violence began on July 15, 1816, when black and Indian fighters from Negro Fort killed several United States Navy sailors who had come ashore at Apalachicola Bay. The inhabitants of Negro Fort fought a brief guerrilla campaign against the invaders.
27 Μαΐ 2021 · Clavin’s recounting of the story of Negro Fort and its eventual destruction demonstrates the complex political geographies that emerged in the borderlands, as fugitive slaves negotiated relationships to Indigenous peoples as well as colonial and imperial regimes.
In July 1816, American troops and their Creek allies launched a combined naval and ground force attack on ‘Negro Fort,’ a heavily armed citadel which stood atop a steep bluff overlooking the Apalac...
The purpose of this paper was to reanalyze the Negro Fort, both in terms of artifacts and documentary research. Through exploring the current and past landscapes of the Negro Fort on the banks of the Apalachicola River, I argue for continued exploration into this hidden part of American history.
In the aftermath of the War of 1812, Major General Andrew Jackson ordered a joint United States army-navy expedition into Spanish Florida to destroy a free and independent community of fugitive slaves. The result was the Battle of Negro Fort, a brutal conflict among hundreds of American troops, Indian warriors, and black rebels that culminated ...
The result was the Battle of Negro Fort, a brutal conflict among hundreds of American troops, Indian warriors, and black rebels that culminated in the death or re-enslavement of nearly all...
