Black History: The Truth About the Seminoles'' #blackhistory #america #shorts #blackamerica

Ajouté : 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]And Seminole, and in fact, the word Seminole is not even uh an Indian word.

[00:00:03]It is derived from the Spanish [music] word uh cimarron, meaning runaway slave.

[00:00:09]And so, from the beginning, you don't have an Indian tribe. It was a multi-ethnic coalition. Historical evidence documents their close relationship. Blacks became chiefs, signed treaties, and served on the tribal council. They intermarried. They were equals, so Pola says, and the Indians depended on them as warriors and in interpreters.

[00:00:31]Now, nearly 200 years later, comes the $56 million payment from the federal government to compensate the tribe for those lost Florida lands.

[00:00:41]But, the Black Seminoles can't share in it because the government and the tribe say they were slaves of the Red Seminoles back then. Joe Pola, who has worked to preserve their legacy, says that's wrong. The Black Seminoles fought side by side, died, bled for those lands in Florida.