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The Battle of Negro Fort (African Fort) was the first major engagement of the Seminole Wars period, and marked the beginning of General Andrew Jackson's conquest of Florida. [22] Three leaders of the fort were former Colonial Marines who had come with Nicolls (since departed) from Pensacola.
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. (Image source: WikiCommons)
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.
The most important moment in Prospect Bluff's history is arguably the Negro Fort period (1815–1816) and this is the period of significance cited in the National Register Nomination. However, the site was initially named for Fort Gadsden, much less significant historically.
Over the next year, the fort became a growing colony of escaped slaves from Georgia and the Mississippi Territory and became known as the Negro Fort. It was the center of North America's largest community of free Blacks before the American Civil War.
27 Jul 1816. 1816 – The first major military engagement of the First Seminole War, the Battle of Negro Fort, took place on this date. The fort, located on Prospect Bluff on the Apalachicola River, was originally established by the British during the War of 1812.
10 Σεπ 2019 · The Battle of Negro Fort places the violent expansion of slavery where it belongs, at the center of the history of the early American republic.
