Black and Indigenous Relationships
This term describes some African Americans who found safety with the Seminoles.
What are maroons?
The state in which maroons aligned with the Seminoles.
What is Florida?
This term refers to Black people who were forced into labor by Indigenous nations, reflecting a practice similar to white slave ownership.
What is enslavement?
The expansion of this institution in the South changed the dynamics between Black and Indigenous communities.
What is slavery?
The action maroons took to resist forced relocation.
What is fighting?
This Indigenous nation is known to have enslaved Black people alongside their own members, mirroring the practices of white colonizers.
What is the Cherokee Nation? (or any other relevant Indigenous nation)
As slavery increased, many of these people were treated similarly to how white slave owners treated their enslaved individuals.
Who are Indigenous nations?
This alliance between maroons and Seminoles challenged the prevailing norms of the time.
What is resistance against slavery?
As a result of enslavement practices, this was a common perception of mixed-race individuals within both Black and Indigenous communities.
What is being seen as outsiders?