1739–1740

British raids into Spanish Florida

Florida; Indigenous communities and Black maroons

British colonial rangers and allies raided settlements, including communities offering refuge to people escaping slavery. Imperial rivalry intersected with efforts to destroy autonomous Native and Black communities.

Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.

Context / qualification

Campaign dates cover the operations described, rather than all Anglo-Spanish warfare.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 4

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