The story of the Black Seminoles (the Freedmen) - my ancestors, my people - by Caitlin Bellah Cudjo
Description
The one where you're descendant from escaped enslaved Africans who joined forces with the Seminoles in the 1700s
Emma and Nicole speak to Caitlin Bellah, a photographer and artist who shares the story of her linage and how she was inspired to investigate it by this very podcast.
She is a descendant of the Freedmen who are mostly blood descendants of the Seminole people, free Africans, and escaped former enslaved people who allied with Seminole groups in Spanish Florida in the 1700s. Many have Seminole lineage, but due to the stigma of having mixed origin, they have often been categorised as former slaves or freedmen in the past. Cailtin shares the investigation into her past and how this drives her art and sense of self, but also the challenges personally and professionally.
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