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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  • Tommasi [she/her]
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    9 months ago

    Does anyone know any drawing courses on anatomy that's either free or freely downloadable somewhere? I've had a lot of success doing one on drawing fundamentals so far, but would like to add anatomy since it doesn't cover that, and it seems super fun.

    I've found some nice reference books but all the real courses I can find are part of stuff like MasterClass or stuff like that, which I'm definitely not signing up for.

    • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]
      ·
      9 months ago

      Drawfee on youtube has their drawclass and I think there is one on anatomy.

      Edit: they did three different ones. I'll link in a min. I haven't watched these so I don't know how helpful they are. I just like drawfee.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0R8tLnkAswg - original one where Karina does anatomy

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-TJXnBSIBBI - The sequel to Karina's first one

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nF3KFCBBkQ - A more recent one with Nathan.

      • Tommasi [she/her]
        ·
        9 months ago

        Thanks! Ideally I'd want something even longer with a lot of excercises, but I'll definitely be watching these as well, they look really helpful!

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