RJA #6c: Protopage

http://www.protopage.com/ybrown1020

RJA #6b: Search Strings

Black+Seminoles
Gullah+wars
Maroon+Black+Indians

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

Thybony, Scott. Against all odds, Black Seminole won their freedom.
Smithsonian; Aug91, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p90, 10p, 10 color, 4 bw

BROUSSARD, ALBERT S. THE SEMINOLE FREEDMEN: A History.
Journal of the West; Spring2008, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p89-89, 1/5p

Sturgis, Amy H. Florida's Forgotten Rebels.
Reason; Apr2007, Vol. 38 Issue 11, p54-57, 4p, 2 color

RJA #5b: Books

Kly, Y.N. THE INVISIBLE WAR: The African American Anti-Slavery Resistance from the Stono Rebellion through the Seminole Wars. Clarity Press, Inc. 2008

Wiggins, Kenneth. The Black Seminoles : History of a Freedom-seeking people. Gainesville : University Press of Florida. 1996.

RJA #5a: Reference Articles

Articles:

Klos, George. Blacks and the Seminole Removal Debate, 1821-1835. The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Jul., 1989), pp. 55-78 (article consists of 24 pages)
Published by: Florida Historical Society
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148038

Diasporan Exiles in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1630–1860

RJA# 4b: Search Strings

Boolean Operaters/Search Strings


Black Seminoles+ Gullah+ Freedmen+ Freeman+ Black Indians+ Seminole+ Maroons+ Cimarron+Florida+Oklahoma

RJA #4a: Keywords

List of Search Terms

Category 1: Terms related to Black Seminoles
Gullah
Freedmen
Freeman
Black Indians
Seminole
Maroons
Cimarron

Category 2: Terms related to historical context
American Civil War
The Great Rebellion
Post Civil War Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
Texas: Juneteenth

Category 3:American Slave uprisings and resistance tactics
Denmark Vessey
Nat Turner Revolt
Stono Rebellion
Gullah War
General Jessup

RJA #3c: Research Question

There are a number of questions I have regarding the Gullah/Black Seminole uprisings that occured both pre and post- emancipation. My research now hovers over the nagging concern of a seeming deliberate suppression of this information:


What is or who are the Black Seminoles? What is their importance to American history? What was their significance or their role in the Civil War? What impact, if any did they have on the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all the African slaves in the southern or Confederacy (not the northern or Union States)? What would lead one to believe that traditional history seems to suppress information regarding Black uprisings against slavery?

RJA #3b: Research Topic Focus

My early focus in choosing the Black Seminoles was a bit too broad. In utilizing the question process outlined in the textbook, I have been able to narrow the focus of my research to two areas: 1)Has knowledge of the Black Seminoles been suppressed? and 2)To whom would it be of value to suppress that knowledge? These two questions are the basis for my research for now.

RJA #3a: Research Topic Exploration

In my exploring for information and data on the Black Seminoles, I first initiated a Google Scholar search. There I found several scholarly articles on the subject. Fortunately, for my research purposes, there appears to have been quite a bit of interest on the topic. I also checked Twine and Citizendium. Both were also good sources though but limited in scope compared to Google. At Google Scholar, I was able to access scholarly journal articles right here at Auraria, such as JStor.