Chief Osceola " I'm not a Negro, or a slave, or black, I am an Indian" published in Harper's Weekly 1818

"Am I a negro? Am I a slave?" cried Osceola. "My skin is dark, but not black, I am all Indian, a Seminole!"

Why don't the current depictions of Chief Osceola match is own words? Where is his dark skin?🤔😬

Earlier historical depictions of Chief Osceola below.🙄😬😩 The man above does look like he was a "runaway from enslavement " which is the translation of the meaning of Seminole.

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