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Rebellion Mexican events: 1829 - 1938     
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Date Event Trail Link
1829 Mexico outlaws slavery spacer
1850 Seminole allies cross to freedom in Mexico spacer
1851-54 Seminole allies protect Mexico from Apaches & Comanches spacer
1851-59 Texas slavers try to capture Black Seminoles in Mexico spacer
1855 Seminoles defeat Callahan's raid of Texas slavers into Mexico spacer
1857 Coacoochee dies in smallpox epidemic spacer
1859 Black Seminoles move to Laguna de Parras spacer
1859 Seminole Indians in Mexico return to Indian Territory spacer
1860s French invade Mexico under Maximilian spacer
1864 John Horse serves as colonel in Mexican Army spacer
1865 With end of US Civil War, slave raids into Mexico cease spacer
1865 Black Seminoles return to Nacimiento spacer
1867 Porfirio Diaz confirms Nacimiento grant spacer
1877 John Horse returns to Nacimiento spacer
1881 Nacimiento grant is threatened spacer
1882 John Horse travels to Mexico City to protect grant spacer
1882 John Horse dies on visit to Porfirio Diaz spacer
1887 Porfirio Diaz protects the Nacimiento land grant spacer
1919 President Carranza recognizes Mascogos' rights to Nacimiento spacer
1938 President Cardenas grants Mascogos more land at Nacimiento spacer

 

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