1823

Treaty of Moultrie Creek

Florida; Seminole peoples

The treaty confined Seminoles to a central Florida reservation and required major land relinquishments. Restricted access to coastal trade and difficult conditions undermined autonomy.

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

Context / qualification

Corrects the book’s blanket statement that Seminoles never signed a treaty.

Sources

• National Park Service: Osceola and Seminole treaty history ↗
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 6

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