Dr. Anthony Dixon is a professor of African American history and expert on Black Seminole/Gullah Geechee culture and history. Black Seminoles participated in one of the most successful slave revolts in American history. Dr. Anthony Dixon shares with us how the people who would be called during the President Andrew Jackson era "Native Indians" and "Black Indians" would combine forces in a fight for freedom that would span several decades, two wars and is considered by many as the largest slave revolt on America soil. And SUBSCRIBE to The Rock Newman Show to have all of our captivating interviews sent directly to your favorite multimedia devices.

In the 1700s, Europeans dubbed the native Americans living in Florida the "Seminoles" - the "wild ones." Three wars were fought in the 1800s to remove the native Americans from Florida, but the Seminoles survived - and never signed a peace treaty. The unconquered Florida Seminoles adapted to life in the Everglades, eventually thriving in the modern world while preserving their cultural traditions. The sunshine state has a rich and colorful history. For hundreds of years the state has attracted dreamers, opportunists, inventors and fortune-seekers. WGCU's Untold Stories aims to preserve the history of Southwest Florida communities. Original Air date: February 8, 2012 Visit us online at: https://www.wgcu.org Follow us! Facebook: http://facebook.com/wgcupublicmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/wgcu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wgcupublicmedia Unconquered Florida Seminoles | Untold Stories | Florida History WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida #UntoldStories #WGCU #FloridaSeminoles

www.gullahgeecheenation.com Published on Sep 13, 2010 This is the "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ 2010" closing on Grand Bahama Island. In tribute to the Gullah/Geechee Seminole Maroon ancestors, the festival organizers closed the event in homage to the things that they survived and the knowledge that they brought to the New World. This segment focuses on the environment of the Bahamas and bush medicine.

UCF Assistant Professor of Anthropology and author Rosalyn Howard discusses her new book, "Black Seminole Indians in the Bahamas". Howard delves into the group of people known as the Red Bays, a rare society of Black Seminoles living in the Bahamas. (2005)

The story of John Horse and the Black Seminoles has been largely untold, but they deserve to be remembered for a number of reasons: - They created the largest haven in the U.S. South for runaway slaves. - They led the largest slave revolt in U.S. history. - They secured the only emancipation of rebellious slaves prior to the U.S. Civil War. - The formed the largest mass exodus of slaves across the United States and, ultimately, to Mexico. Learn more about this remarkable story that has been overlooked by Hollywood, popular culture, and even historians. This group of freedom fighters—who ultimately found peace, liberty, and prosperity—is worth remembering. Watch more videos: http://lrnlbty.co/GHkG7f

Historian Dale Cox explains the that British forces came to Florida's Apalachicola River in 1814 in response to a call from Seminole and Lower Creek leaders to build the Fort at Prospect Bluff (or, as many call it, the Negro Fort). The fort was destroyed two years later by U.S. forces with the deadlist cannon shot in American history. Cox is the author of the critically-acclaimed book, The Fort at Prospect Bluff. In this post, he explains the origins of the fort on the Apalachicola and how its story originated with the Red Stick movement and the Creek War of 1813-1814. Seminole and Creek leaders called for British intervention on the Gulf Coast and Great Britain complied, unaware by the time they did that Andrew Jackson had defeated the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Learn the real story of the beginning days of the campaign that led to the Battle of New Orleans from a historian known for his research abilities and attention to detail!

Juneteenth commemorates when some slaves in the South finally learned of their freedom two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.