The "First" Emancipation Proclamation: Black Rebellion, Removal, and Freedom during the Seminole Wars.

The article discusses African American slave rebellion during the Second Seminole War. Topics explored include the first emancipation proclamation issued by U.S. Army officer Thomas Sidney Jesup in 1838, the way this rebellion served as a precedent for slave resistance during the American Civil War, and the distinction between American slavery in early 19th century and the enslavement of Africans in Florida by some Seminole Indians.