Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1704

Apalachee Massacre (Florida)

Apache Arrival in St Augustine. Image: National Park Service: Castillo de San Marcos
Apache Arrival in St Augustine. Image: National Park Service: Castillo de San Marcos

Former Carolina governor James Moore, his colonial militia, and allied Muscogee forces launch a series of attacks on Apalachee villages in northern Florida. They massacre 1,000 Apalachee and enslave more than 2,000 survivors (“List of Indian massacres”).

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