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6 Απρ 2022 · The Florida Native American communities protected Black Seminoles from re-enslavement. In return, they provided manpower in military conflicts with the Spanish or Americans. Overall, the Florida Maroons lived independently of the Indians without oversight.
29 Νοε 2020 · The Native American communities protected Black Seminoles from re-enslavement on the area’s growing white plantations. And those Black Seminoles who had previously been enslaved by whites helped the Natives with interpretation and cultural understanding of the white communities.
18 Νοε 2020 · Black Seminoles were enslaved Africans and Black Americans who, beginning in the late 17th century, fled plantations in the Southern American colonies and joined with the newly-formed Seminole tribe in Spanish-owned Florida.
The Black Seminoles are a small offshoot of the Gullah who escaped from the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia. They built their own settlements on the Florida frontier, fought a series of wars to preserve their freedom, and were scattered across North America.
Part I: Introducing Content. Teachers should begin by reviewing what students know about Native Americans in Florida and the southern United States. Which Native American groups were in Florida before the Seminoles? (For example: Calusa, Apalachee, and Timucua.) What happened to the Calusa, Apalachee, and Timucua Indians?
Black Seminoles, a group of free blacks and runaway slaves (maroons) that joined forces with the Seminole Indians in Florida from approximately 1700 through the 1850s. The Black Seminoles were celebrated for their bravery and tenacity during the three Seminole Wars.
The primary source sets below contain supplementary documents and images. Each set is accompanied by a Teacher’s Guide containing brief historical context, teaching suggestions, relevant NGSS and Florida Standards, and links to online resources.
