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Black Seminoles

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Black Seminoles
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: March/2014


I am a black Seminole Indian.
A fierce warrior on the Florida
plains - At war with the 
Americas, fighting to hold on 
to our land -

I joined forces with the 
Seminoles, upon my escape 
from the United States, as a 
runaway slave -

I am a free black man now, 
standing strong, and brave 
against the Union, who initiated 
three wars against me, and the 
Seminoles, to conquer our 
place of freedom -

I fought along side Dosar 
 Barkus, Cesar Bruner, and 
John Horse, all black Seminole 
leaders fighting during the 
Rebellion -

I stood with Chief warrior 
Osceola,a native resistance 
leader who fought against 
Major General Andrew Jackson, 
during the revolt of 1818 -

With our last drop of blood,
we will fight, we will not 
concede -Resist we must! until 
no man is left standing.  We will 
not leave our land, and 
surrender to the Union Soldiers

The white man's three wars 
against us was tragic, and 
when the dust settled, many 
souls were lost on both sides of 
the war, their were no clear
winners in these senseless 
battles, based on the white 
man's greed to stage a 
takeover of our land -

But in the end, Florida was sold 
by the Spaniards, to Major 
General Andrew Jackson, who 
later became President of the 
United States -

Soon, the end was near, white
settlers begin to move in on the 
place we called our homeland -

Their disdain  towards us, 
forced Major General Andrew 
Jackson to transport the last 
remaining Seminoles, out of 
Florida, to the Oklahoma 
territory, to start our
 lives over again -

Our history will never be 
forgotten,we stood up against 
the Army,Navy,  Marines, and 
did not concede -

I am a Black Seminole Indian,
a fierce warrior - My spears left 
there mark on the Florida plains

Copyright © Ken Jordan | Year Posted 2014

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