Painting of Seminole Polly Parker (died in 1921)

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Title

Painting of Seminole Polly Parker (died in 1921)

Description

Placed on a boat to be transported from Florida toward Indian Territory in May of 1858, Polly escaped U.S. troops in St. Marks, Florida and traveled on foot back to Southern Florida. Representing the feelings of many Florida Natives who wanted political freedom, Polly exercised an act of personal resistance by refusing to be removed West.

Creator

Painting: Robert Butler
Photograph: Nancy Michael

Source

Image # FS89258, Folklife Collection, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

http://floridamemory.com/items/show/262622

Publisher

Florida Memory

Date

Year Painting Created: Unknown
Year Photograph of Painting Taken: 1989

Rights

Florida Memory

Format

Painting

Files

FMP - Polly Parker - GOOD.jpg
Date Added
February 14, 2015
Collection
Paintings
Citation
Painting: Robert Butler Photograph: Nancy Michael, “Painting of Seminole Polly Parker (died in 1921),” Creating Tribes in Florida: How Autonomous Camps Became the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes , accessed May 4, 2024, https://seminolemiccosukeepolitics.omeka.net/items/show/2.