On this day in 1837, Africans and Native Americans who had formed Florida's Seminole Nation decisively defeated an invading U.S. force more than twice their size, led by slaveowner and future U.S. president Zachary Taylor.

Since the founding of the U.S., escaped African slaves had settled in modern-day Florida. At the same time, Seminoles suffering under Creek rule in Alabama and Georgia were fleeing south to seek independence. There, the two groups formed an alliance, sharing cultivation techniques and putting up armed resistance against colonization and slaver forces.

The U.S. repeatedly invaded territory controlled by this alliance, and, on Christmas Day in 1837, 380 to 480 Seminole fighters gathered on the northeast corner of Florida's Lake Okeechobee ready to halt the armies of Colonel Zachary Taylor, a Louisiana slaveholder and future U.S. president.

Seminole riflemen waited for the soldiers in trees, firing on them from above. The battle was a decisive defeat for U.S. forces, however Taylor falsely claimed a victory when returning to Fort Gardner.

Dec. 26, 1835: Second Seminole War, Largest Uprising of the Enslaved amerikkka

Christmas day freedom fighters: hidden history of the Seminole anticolonial struggle - William Katz left-unity-2

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  • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    Just did a big Amazon purchase with my christmas giftcards from my grandma. Got a bunch of theory for my Kissinger is dead finally read theory celebration.

    1. Big Kapital omnibus
    2. State and rev
    3. Reform or rev
    4. Lenin imperialism
    5. Blackshirts and reds
    6. Trans liberation

    Gonna look into foundations of leninism, utopian and scientific, and fanon asap as well.

    I also got three pleasure books. As a kid my mom got me a guidebook to the simpsons episodes despite me never watching the show. I read it so much it fell apart lol. Getting it for nostalgia, along with Bart Simspons Guide to Life which i also had as a hand me down from my step sister. Keep in mind that i never watched the Simpsons growing up, initially because i wasnt allowed to. But was obsessed with these books.

    Also got East of Eden. Fave book i ever read for school.