Case Study - The Seminole
For discussion
Why did the Seminoles adopt a policy of resistance? What did it entail and how were they able to do it? Was it effective?
How can we characterise the Seminole relationship with African Americans?
Why were the Seminoles unable to prevent US annexation of
Overall were the Seminoles more or less successful than the Cherokee?
Readings
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J. Leitch Wright, Creeks and Seminoles
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Jane F. Lancaster, Removal aftershock : the Seminoles' struggles to survive in the West, 1836-1866 .
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James W. Covington, The Seminoles of
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Kevin Mulroy, Freedom on the border : the Seminole Maroons in
Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas . -
K. Porter, The Black Seminoles
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Theda Perdue, Nations Remembered: An Oral History of the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks and Seminoles in
Oklahoma, 1865-1907