Question

What happened to runaway slaves who escaped to Florida? Hunted by Osceola in exchange for rewards from the United States. Largely ignored by planters eager to settle the new territory. Protected in the remaining Spanish towns in the South. Sheltered by the Seminoles and allowed to join their tribes

Answer 1

They were protected by seminoles, as they were allowed to join the tribe and fought in the wars

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

Sheltered by the Seminoles and allowed to join their tribes.

Slaves escaping plantations in the American South first started going to Spanish Florida in the late 1600s when Spain granted freedom to fugitives who accepted to protect the Spanish crown. By the 1780s black fugitives started to form strategic alliances with the Seminole Indians, who had relocated from Georgia and Alabama, granted shelter and allowed fugitives to join their tribes.