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"Pride in Our Freedom" : The Political and Social Relationship between the Seminole Maroons and Seminole Indians of Florida, from the 1700s to Removal

Butler, Davina Lee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391610302

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2007, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, African-American and African Studies.
From the seventeenth century until 1821, European and U.S. imperial rivalry shaped the geopolitics of the North American Southeast. Within this competitive environment, marginalized Native Americans and Africans and their descendants, attempted to create a space of their own in the buffer zones of the Southeast. The mid-eighteenth century marks a critical turning point, when segments of the Lower Creek started to move away from the Upper Creek and relocate in the northern region of Florida. At a certain point from 1783-1821, the Seminole Indians, enslaved Africans, and their descendants forged political and cultural relationships. Understanding the connections between these groups is vitally important because the Seminoles and their black counterparts, referred to as Black Seminoles, faced escalating conflict with the U.S. during the first half of the nineteenth century until their removal to Indian Territory in the 1830s and 1840s. While both groups found benefit in an alliance with one another, internal conflict developed. A question which arises is why do scholars often conflate the two groups into a single identity? By analyzing the political and cultural interaction of the Seminole Indians and African-descended slaves this thesis will demonstrate why the Black Seminoles are more accurately referred to as the Seminole Maroons. This analysis will also further interrogate the relationship between the Seminole Indians and Seminole Maroons in order to more fully understand Seminole Maroon identity.
Walter Rucker (Advisor)
Leslie Alexander (Committee Member)
Kenneth Goings (Committee Member)
105 p.
African American Studies; African Studies

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  • Butler, D. L. (2007). "Pride in Our Freedom" : The Political and Social Relationship between the Seminole Maroons and Seminole Indians of Florida, from the 1700s to Removal [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391610302

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Butler, Davina. "Pride in Our Freedom" : The Political and Social Relationship between the Seminole Maroons and Seminole Indians of Florida, from the 1700s to Removal. 2007. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391610302.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Butler, Davina. ""Pride in Our Freedom" : The Political and Social Relationship between the Seminole Maroons and Seminole Indians of Florida, from the 1700s to Removal." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391610302

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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