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Author:

Turner, Glennette Tilley, author.

Title:

A man called Horse : John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad / Glennette Tilley Turner.

Publisher:

Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xi, 97 pages : illustrations (some color) : 21 cm

Subject:

Horse, John,--1812-1882.
Black Seminoles--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Black Seminoles--History--Juvenile literature.
Black Seminoles--Government relations--Juvenile literature.
Florida--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--Florida--History--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87) and index.

Contents:

Florida -- The West and Washington -- Mexico -- Texas -- Return to Mexico --Lasting legacy.

Summary:

John Horse was a famed chief, warrior, tactician, and diplomat who played a dominant role in Black Seminole affairs for half a century. A political and military leader of mixed Seminole and African heritage, Horse defended his people from the U.S. government, other tribes, and slave hunters by serving as a counselor of fellow Seminole leaders, an agent of the U.S. government, and a captain in the Mexican army.

ISBN:

1419749331
9781419749339

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1242017880

LCCN:

2021010594

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)