1835–1842
Violence / removalBook sources
Second Seminole War
Florida; Seminoles and Black Seminoles
U.S. campaigns attempted to force removal through military pressure and attacks on communities and food supplies. Many people were removed, while others maintained a presence in Florida.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
Do not equate survival in Florida with an absence of treaties or the absence of forced removals.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 6
- National Park Service: Osceola and Seminole treaty history ↗