Bücher von Daniel F. Littlefield

Because Seminoles held slaves in a confusing system that was markedly dissimilar to white society's, the federal government was challenged to identify which blacks in Florida were free and which were not. In a preface to this new edition Daniel Littlefield explains the continuing significance of this subject.

Each entry contains an essay profile of the publication listed, and includes a discussion of its founding, intentions, editors, content, affiliations with tribes, organizations, or other groups, and demise.

?Littlefield's account of the freed blacks' social and economic life is very valuable....students of the West and race relations will welcome this book. Recommended for university libraries.?-Library Journal

?Littlefield's book...is heavily footnoted....this detail ably supports its thesis: The destruction of the Seminole affection for the blacks was more the result of pressure from Indian neighbors than from an acquired racial prejudice.' There is no other work that deals with this subject with such expertise.?-Library Journal

"Focuses on the interaction of the Creeks and their Negro slaves from Colonial times to the Civil War....[Provides] a new way of looking at race relations in America....Recommended for all academic libraries."-Choice