A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad

Warrior. Chief. Diplomat.

In Spanish Florida during the nineteenth century, one man shaped the course of Black Seminoles-descendants of Seminole Indians and free Blacks and escaped slaves-more than any other. A political and military leader of both Seminole and African heritage, John Horse valiantly defended his people from slave hunters, other tribes, and the U.S. government.

After fighting in the Second Seminole War-one of the longest and most costly Native American conflicts in United Stat...