SCOPE NOTE
The Black Seminole Scouts evolved from a union between black slaves and the Seminole Indians of Florida. Slaves as fugitives sought the Seminole Indians’ encampments for refuge away from slave raiders. The Seminole often adopted the slaves into their tribes which led to an alliance, interracial marriages and the birth of a new ethnic group, the Seminole Indians. Because the blacks assisted the Indians Seminoles in fighting a common enemy in the Seminole Wars, they were well suited for the task the U.S. military offered them. Black Seminole Scouts served to protect American borders. This group evolved in the 1800’s, but their descendents still preserve their heritage in Brackettsville, Texas. Look for information on both black slaves and Seminole Indians.
PUBLISHED MATERIAL(S)
Bury Me Not In The Land Of Slaves
Freedmen’s Bureau and Black Texas
The Trouble They Seen
REFERENCE MATERIAL(S)
Africana
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Freedmen’s Bureau Online
POSSIBLE KEYWORD SEARCHES
freedmen’s bureau
slaves + reconstruction
KEY FIGURES
Union Army General Oliver O. Howard
RELEVANT WEBSITES
http://www.slavenorth.com/nyemancip.htm
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