The Spanish noted that slavery in Florida had been abolished in 1693. During the first of two so-called Seminole Wars, Blacks and Indians fought side by side against American incursion into the ...

Some Indian nations simply refused to leave their land -- the Creeks and the Seminoles even waged war to protect their territory. The First Seminole War lasted from 1817 to 1818. The Seminoles ...

In 1947, a 5,600-acre tract of land was deeded to the state for preservation as Collier-Seminole State Park. According to ...

In the first U.S. armed intervention in Asia ... the Cayuse to surrender and hangs five people. 1855-1858: Third Seminole War Brigadier General William S. Harney subdues Billy Bowlegs and ...

Ingrid Burton Nathan, the first Black student to integrate Seminole County Public Schools in 1964, recently discovered her mother's significant role in an all-Black female unit during World War II.