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
Photograph: Nancy Michael
Source
Image # FS89258, Folklife Collection, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/262622
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/262622
Publisher
Florida Memory
Date
Year Painting Created: Unknown
Year Photograph of Painting Taken: 1989
Year Photograph of Painting Taken: 1989
Rights
Florida Memory
Format
Painting
- 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.