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Personae Notabiles -- Inciting events -- I : The Wilderness & Elsewhere -- 1 : The functionary -- 2 : Abraham's town -- 3 : Things lost -- 4 : Labyrinths of doubt -- 5 : The end -- Masters of Breath -- 6 : Prophecy -- 7 : Trespass -- 8 : Kinship -- 9 : Fidelity -- 10 : Grace -- 11 : Contagion -- II : The Huntsmen & The Devil -- 12 : The Quartermaster -- 13 : Prisoners -- 14 : The Warden's Rations -- 15 : Waiting for Osceola -- 16 : The Old Man -- Gauntlet -- 17 : Live -- 18 : Walk -- 19 : Run -- 20 : Trust -- 21 : Stand -- 22 : Tell -- The Remainders -- 23 : The Devil's Garden -- 24 : Ink & lead -- 25 : Autumn in New York -- Coda
From 1817 to 1858, a series of conflicts known as the Seminole Wars took place between the United States and the tribes of Florida as they battled for the land. Within this unconquered territory, formerly enslaved mothers and fathers and Seminole families had lived side by side for generations, building communities in the interior, beyond the reach of the growing United States. But in 1835, the young country took up arms against them, seeking to forcibly remove all Indigenous people and return their allies to slavery. In the face of this terror, tribes and bands came together across racial lines to preserve their freedom from federal interference. As the fight waged on, two men -- Abraham, a free Black American, and the esteemed Creek warrior Osceola -- worked together to save their lands and their people, against overwhelming odds, from America's formidable Army of the South. -- Provided by publisher
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Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838
Abraham, The Prophet, approximately 1787-1870
Abraham, Black Seminole Chief, approx. 1787-1870
Seminole Indians -- Kings and rulers -- 19th century -- Biography
African Americans -- Florida -- 19th century -- History
African Americans -- Relations with Indigenous peoples