As one consequence of the Indian Removal Act (1830), increased
pressure was brought on the Seminoles to give up the reservation to
which they had been confined since their defeat in the First
Seminole War (1817-18). The Seminole, led by Chief Osceola,
resisted fiercely and fought a protracted war in the Everglades but
after some seven years the Seminole were finely defeated. The
surviving remnant followed the Cherokee into Oklahoma.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Second Seminole War". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4742, accessed 23 November 2024.]
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