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Tanner, 19-20
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Creeks and Seminole village leaders rejected European traders without Indian wives. Frank, 22
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In the treaty that ended the Seven Years War (some scholars have termed it the first world war), the Spanish handed over to the British Florida in exchange for the return of Cuba, which the British had beseiged and captured during the war. This complex treaty negotiated by multiple parties would lead to changes in colonial governance in many areas, including even Goree Island. See Article XX and XXIV in the linked treaty text.
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After the British takeover of Florida, Gov. James Grant of East Florida met Florida Creek and Seminole Indians at Fort Picolata--which had been built by the Spanish--to negotiate the boundary of Indian territory (Tanner, 14). They would meet again in 1767 to iron out problems with the treaty's effectiveness.
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Tanner, 19
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As part of the terms of the second Treaty of Paris that brought the American Revolution to an end, Britain returned Florida to Spain (allied with France and the U.S.). Read the full text of the Treaty here.
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Frank, 26
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Alex. McGillivray chosen as the Spanish commisary to Creek nation (Tanner, 29)
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(Tanner, 34)
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Traveled by stagecoach and wagon with 27 Creeks, setting off to New York to sign treaty with U.S. government (Tanner, 37)
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(Tanner, p. 38)
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Founded by Georgians who seized the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge, in the name of the French Revolution. Read more about it!
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Response to Wm. Augustus Bowles attempts to establish Seminole Nation. Frank, 26
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Shafer, 21
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Napoleon sells Louisiana Territory to President Jefferson for the sum of 80 million francs (15 million dollars).
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Brought Wolof captives to coastal slave markets. (Shafer, 9)
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Susan was born into the prominent Fatio family, and in 1830 married John Claudius L'Engle (1800-1864), a lawyer, slaveholder, and well- known resident of Jacksonville, Florida. They had eleven children including Edward McCrady, a Confederate Captain, and Francis Philip, father of Claude L'Engle, a newspaper muckraker and U.S. House Representative.
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U.S. purchases the remaining portions of Florida from the Spanish. Text of the treaty's articles can be found here.
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See the right-hand column for Pres. Jackson's ideas about the Act in his report to the 21st session of Congress. Even more information can be found at this link.
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Although the specifics of this rebellion are less important to Florida's history than the hysteria it created among slaveholders nationwide, read here some more information on Nat Turner and his 20th century legacy.
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Adopted shortly after the Civil War, it never became law. Florida came under military rule before it could take effect. Although it acknowledged the abolition of slavery, it restricted jury service and even witness testimony to whites (unless the victim was black) and denied newly freed blacks and women the right to vote.
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