USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Black Seminoles, also called Seminole Maroons or Seminole Freedmen, a group of free blacks and runaway slaves (maroons) that joined forces with the Seminole Indians in Florida from approximately 1700 through the 1850s.

Detailed explanation-2: -But by the time the Seminole tribe had united in the 1700’s, they also fought with guns. What are Seminole arts and crafts like? The Seminoles are known for their sweetgrass baskets, wooden carvings, beaded bracelets, and patchwork designs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Seminoles of Florida call themselves the “Unconquered People, ” descendants of just 300 Indians who managed to elude capture by the U.S. army in the 19th century. Today, more than 2, 000 live on six reservations in the state-located in Hollywood, Big Cypress, Brighton, Immokalee, Ft.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Chickee” is the word that the Seminoles use for an elevated house constructed of palmetto leaves and cypress-log stilts. During the early 19th century wars with the U.S. government, the Seminoles built chickees as temporary shelters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some indigenous groups also adopted the European practice of African chattel slavery. All Five Civilized Tribes-the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations-adopted slavery. During the Trail of Tears, they took with them several thousand African slaves.