The Black American Tribe They Tried to Hide
They beat the US, burned down their captors plantations, walked the Trail of Tears, forced their own emancipation and then settled in Mexico. This is the fantastic tale of the Black American Tribe to beat them all enjoy!
✨Huge Special Thanks to the two women who shared their history with us:
Windy Goodloe - Black Seminole Indian Scout descendant, SISCA Boardmember
Corina Torralba Harrington - Black Seminole descendant, SISCA Treasurer
(Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetary Association)
🔷Seminole Resources:
- Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetary Association https://www.seminolecemeteryassociation.com/
- Casa de la Cultura (Nacimiento, Mex) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079974183948
- Joseph A. Opala. The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection https://glc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Black%20Seminoles%20.pdf
- Mahon, John K. (1967). History of the Second Seminole War 1835-1842 (Revised Edition). University of Florida Press.
- Akil II, Bakari. "Seminoles With African Ancestry: The Right To Heritage", The Black World Today, December 27, 2003.
- Kathleen A. Deagan (2014). "Fort Mose: America's first Free Black Community". In Ann L.; Henderson Gary R. Mormino; Carlos J. Cano (eds.). Spanish Pathways in Florida, 1492-1992: Caminos Españoles en La Florida, 1492-1992. Pineapple Press. p. 142.
- Taylor, J., Nicholas, W. C., & Mayer, D. N. (1988). Of Principles and Men: The Correspondence of John Taylor of Caroline with Wilson Cary Nicholas 1806-1808. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 96(3), 345–388. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4249027
- Dixon, A. E. (2020). Black Seminole Ethnogenisis: Origins, Cultural Characteristics, and Alliances. Phylon (1960-), 57(1), 8–24. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26924984
- "Five Civilized Tribes". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2015-01-22
- Boyd, Mark Frederick. “The Seminole War: Its Backgr
