the seminole lived in florida before the trail of tears.
the seminole lived in florida before the trail of tears.
where did the seminole lived before the trail of tears?
florida
seminole practice in florida had acknowledged slavery, though not on the chattel slavery model then common in the american south. it was, in fact, more like feudal dependency since slaves of the seminole generally lived in their own communities, carried weapons and hunted and fought beside the seminole they were nominally owned by. in fact, except for the obligation of the blacks to join in hunting and war parties, and to supply an annual tribute of crops to the tribal chief for the general welfare of the tribe, there was little effective difference between how the seminole lived and the lives of their nominal slaves. this changed in the course of the second seminole war when the old tribal system broke down under the pressure of the fighting and the seminole resolved themselves into loose war bands living off the land with no distinction between tribal members and their so-called slaves. but this changed yet again in the new territory when the seminole were obliged to settle on fixed lots of land and take up settled agriculture.
john horse
when the tamiami trail was built through the everglades in the 1920s and 1930s, it cut through seminole and miccosukee land. the road brought tourism to the region, which provided some jobs and a market for miccosukee crafts, but also encroached on their culture. many of the seminole lived closer to european-american settlements and adapted more to the majority culture. in the 1940s, the seminole began to move into designated indian reservations, but the miccosukee stayed outside.









































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