Bitter Legacy
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The Second Seminole War was the longest, and until then, the costliest the United States had engaged in. It began in 1835 and drew to its inevitable conclusion in 1842 when most of the Seminoles and many of their black friends and family were moved to Arkansas. The Seminoles did not surrender and several hundred of them disappeared into the trackless Everglades where they remain to this day.
After the First Seminole War and again after the Second, a number of the Black Seminoles refused to migrate to Oklahoma and instead fled Florida in canoes. They landed on Andros Island in the Bahamas, and established a settlement at Red Bays on the northwestern coast of the island. Many of their descendants reside there to this day. Well into the 1930s they were referred to as the “wild Indians of Andros.” Most of their Seminole heritage has disappeared, subsumed into the island culture of which they are a part. In appearance the Andros descendants do not seem any different from the other Bahamians, but occasionally, on close inspection, one can discern faintly the features of the Seminole on the faces of these Androsians.
H. Terrell Griffin
Longboat Key, Florida
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Saturday
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Sunday
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Monday
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Tuesday
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Wednesday
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Thursday
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Chapter Fifty-Four
Chapter Fifty-Five
Chapter Fifty-Six
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Chapter Sixty
Chapter Sixty-One
Chapter Sixty-Two
Chapter Sixty-Three
Chapter Sixty-Four
Friday
Chapter Sixty-Five
Chapter Sixty-Six
Chapter Sixty-Seven
Chapter Sixty-Eight
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Chapter Seventy
Chapter Seventy-One
Chapter Seventy-Two
Chapter Seventy-Three
Saturday
Chapter Seventy-Four
Chapter Seventy-Five
Final Days
Chapter Seventy-Six
Chapter Seventy-Seven
Chapter Seventy-Eight
Chapter Seventy-Nine
Chapter Eighty
Chapter Eighty-One
Afterword