The Forgotten Truth

The Forgotten Truth

The Foretold History of the Seminoles

History has been nothing short of a tale of tales conjugating into one complete word, greatness. As we dive into African History, we discover the truths hidden behind the classical tradition of European theft, abuse of power, and lies. As classical as the Spanish and Europeans have become, they cannot euthanize the fact that all blacks did not compromise and put up with slavery. Most fought for their freedom. While many landed on the coast of Florida, bridging their forgotten truths with plans of escapism and God.

Through bravery and war, the Seminoles fought so that many African Americans could be free today. No, we weren’t ridden as enslaved people on Juneteenth. Don’t let the Sumerian calendar falsely indoctrinate your beliefs through unauthorized and deleted data. History has existed long before the paganism that many acknowledge today.

Most of you, if not many of you, may have never heard of the Seminoles. Seminoles were a group of Native Americans and Blacks who settled on the coast of Florida that migrated from Georgia and Alabama in the 1700s. Upon further research, I have found that the Black Seminoles are the heroes that abolished slavery, fought the Gullah Wars from 1738-1858, and enlisted in the long-lasting and most costly war next to the Vietnam War. Creating their free settlements along the coast of Florida after escaping from rice plantations in South Carolina and Georiga, the Black Seminoles, also known as the Gullahs, started their mark on American History.

What our history books never tell us leaves us grasping for air. The Spanish claimed Florida in the 18th century when it was a jungle but only as a buffer to the British Colonies. The Gullah (Black Seminoles) built separate villages and maintained friendly relations with refugees at the time, with people known as Indians. Their house had thatched roofs and was constructed in rice swamps and corn fields, holding the importance of leadership when both groups concluded that they were from the same tribe.

The Gullahs began to adopt the Indians' culture and clothing; they also began teaching the Indians who had started proclaiming the lifestyle of the Gullah. The Indians were appreciated through education about the tropical climate and the Gullah's music and folklore. Together the groups became the Black Seminoles, a name derived from the American settlers and enslavers.

As the Gullahs began bridging their communities and Indians and runaway slaves escaped to Spanish Florida, conflict with America became inevitable. General Andrew Jackson (President Jackson) led America’s army to Florida to claim it for the United States in 1818. As the war unfolded, blacks and Indians fought to stop the advancement of American troops but were defeated in what we now know as the Indian Negro War. The blacks and Indians were pushed back to Southern and Central Florida.

In 1835 the second Seminole War broke out in what we would call the guerilla war, lasting six years. According to research, 1,500 American soldiers were killed in battle as the blacks and Indians refused to surrender and would have rather died than be enslaved.

For the American government, it was a war against blacks and not Indians, and in 1842 the Army forcibly removed them, sending them to the Indian territory now known as Oklahoma, fearing that returning them to slavery would cause havoc on the Southern Plantations the American government left the Black Seminoles under the authority of the Creek Indians. This became a gateway for the white slave traders to come in at night, rape their women and kidnap their children.

The year of 1855 the Black Seminoles were ambushed by Texas rangers in Mexico. The rangers set out to destroy the group but were forced back into the United States. The Indians returned to Oklahoma, but the Black Seminoles remained in Mexico fighting to protect their settlements. In 1870, after the emancipation of slaves, the black Indians joined the army, establishing what we know as the “Negro Indian Scouts.” In 1875 three Scouts earned the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The Black Indians are still around today. Many are scattered by war in North America and West Indies.

History has proven to be the beneficiary of knowledge. Know yourself, know your power, and own your truth. We are more than just the color of our skin!