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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 · The epilogue closes the narrative by detailing how the abolitionist movement used the story of the destruction of Negro Fort in its campaigns against slavery. Clavin’s book resonates with themes in recent geographic scholarship on Black and Indigenous geographies.
10 Σεπ 2019 · 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 of the fort’s inhabitants.
It began, “I am charged by my government to make known to you that a negro fort erected during our late war with Britain has been strengthened since that period and is now occupied by upwards of two hundred and fifty negroes many of whom have been enticed away from the service of their masters... xml. WAR AND RESISTANCE. (pp. 15-46)
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 ...
29 Ιουν 2020 · Clavin’s book, by contrast, concentrates on the position of leading American figures, particularly Andrew Jackson, showing how an example of black freedom could not be tolerated by the slaveholding republic. The story of the so-called “Negro Fort” is by now relatively well known.
