#OtD 27 Jul 1816 the US Army firebombed a fort on the Apalachicola River in Florida. The fort had provided home and safety to over 300 Black and Choctaw families. This marked the beginning of the Seminole Wars and the eventual US conquest of Florida https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9908/seminole-war-begins?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon