The freedom run
From bondage in Florida to a free town in Mexico.
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1812
Born in Florida
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1812
Born in Florida
Son of a Seminole trader and a woman of African descent, John Horse was born into a world that called him property. He would spend his life proving otherwise.
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The wars
Warrior and diplomat
He fought the U.S. Army through the Seminole Wars, negotiated when he could, and refused to surrender his people to slavery, again and again.
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1850
Coahuila, Mexico
He led the Black Seminoles south across the border to freedom, founding Nacimiento de los Negros, a free town their descendants still call home.
