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| [INTRODUCTION] | [v] |
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| Circumstances attending the Early History of Slavery in the Colonies.Exiles: efforts to restore them | [1] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| Further efforts to restore Exiles | [16] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| Hostilities maintained by Georgia; First Seminole War commenced | [28] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| General Hostilities | [46] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| Further efforts of the Government to restore Exiles to servitude | [57] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| Further efforts to enslave the Exiles | [69] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| Commencement of the Second Seminole War | [97] |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| Hostilities continued | [115] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | |
| Hostilities continued | [125] |
| [CHAPTER X.] | |
| The War continued—Peace declared—General Jessup assumescommand of the Army | [135] |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | |
| General Jessup overthrows his own efforts in favor of Peace | [142] |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | |
| The renewal and prosecution of the War | [156] |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | |
| Vigorous prosecution of the War | [172] |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | |
| Great difficulties interrupt the progress of the War | [189] |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | |
| Difficulties in enslaving Exiles continued | [214] |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | |
| Further difficulties in the work of enslaving the Exiles | [224] |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | |
| Total failure of all efforts to enslave the Exiles | [233] |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | |
| Further difficulties in prosecuting the War | [251] |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | |
| Hostilities continued | [274] |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | |
| Hostilities continued | [284] |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | |
| Close of the War | [308] |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | |
| History of Exiles continued | [317] |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | |
| The re-union and final Exodus | [323] |
THE
E X I L E S O F F L O R I D A.
CHAPTER I.
CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE EARLY HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES.
Settlement of Florida—Boundaries of Carolina—Enslaving Indians—They flee from their Masters—Africans follow the example—Spanish policy in regard to Fugitive Slaves—Carolina demands the surrender of Exiles—Florida refuses—Colony of Georgia established—Its object—Exiles called Seminoles—Slavery Introduced Into Georgia—Seminole Indians separate from Creeks—Slaves escape from Georgia—Report of Committee of Safety—Report of General Lee—Treaty of Augusta—Treaty of Galphinton—Singular conduct of Georgia—War between Creeks and Georgia—Resolution of Congress—Treaty of Shoulderbone—Hostilities continue—Georgia calls on United States for assistance—Commissioners sent to negotiate Treaty—Failure—Col. Willett’s mission—Chiefs, head men and Warriors repair to New York—Treaty formed—Secret article—Extraordinary covenants.
Florida was originally settled by Spaniards, in 1558. They were the first people to engage in the African Slave trade, and sought to supply other nations with servants from the coast of Guinea. The Colonists held many slaves, expecting to accumulate wealth by the unrequited toil of their fellow-man.
1630.
1700.
Carolina by her first and second charters claimed a vast extent of country, embracing St. Augustine and most of Florida. This conflict of jurisdiction soon involved the Colonists in hostilities. The Carolinians also held many slaves. Profiting by the labor of her servants, the people sought to increase their wealth by enslaving the Indians who resided in their vicinity. Hence in the early slave codes of that colony we find reference to “negro and other slaves.”
When the boundaries of Florida and South Carolina became established, the Colonists found themselves separated by the territory now constituting, the State of Georgia, at that time mostly occupied by the Creek Indians.