Through Black Eyes: Unfiltered

S2, EPISODE 1: BLACK SEMINOLES (PART 2) Season 2 Episode 1 Black Seminoles Part1


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In this episode the Dunn Brothers revisit, through black eyes, “The Negro Fort”, that manyhistorians say was the largest community of freed slaves in North America at the time. Dr.Marvin Dunn tells how this haven for escaped slaves and freedmen fell to the deadliest cannonshot in U.S. history. Hear Dr. Dunn’s account of why this historic fort built in 1814 was rebuilt in1818 and named Fort Gadsden.The Dunn brothers give a historical account of the Black Seminoles of Red Bays, NassauBahamas, The Indian Removal Act of 1830, the migration of the Seminole Tribe to the Floridaeverglades and the little understood relationship between Blacks held as slaves by theSeminoles and tribal members known as Black Seminoles.This is a must hear little known piece of history through black eyes.
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