Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas

by Kevin Mulroy

Book Overview

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, black runaways braved an escape from slavery in an unprecedented alliance with Seminole Indians in Florida. This is the story of the maroons' ethnogenesis in Florida, their removal to the West, their role in the Texas Indian Wars, and the fate of their long quest for liberty and self-determination along both sides of the Rio Grande. Their tale is rich, colorful, and epic, stretching from the swamps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896725162
• ISBN13: 9780896725164
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

a rollickin' good yarn - unputdownable

Kevin, as always, is a master story teller. This book blends that mastery with a sound knowledge of the subject matter evidencing lots of research. Brings a few tears, but well worth reading.....