Talk:Second Seminole War

message: This article has been split off from Seminole Wars because of size considerations. It needs cleaning up, and more can be added to it about the campaigns. Splitting of some the campaigns off to their own articles may be necessary. -- Donald Albury 13:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Wikipedia contains numerous articles in which people claim that Caucasians were "worried" about a slave revolt.  Why is that untrue and deceitful statement being employed in Wikipedia?  GhostofSuperslum 13:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it is verifiable from many reliable sources. -- Donald Albury 14:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: George Washington owned more than one hundred slaves.  He was not "worried" about a slave revolt.  He believed the opposite.  He was "worried" that slavery would end and that he would have a large plantation with no workers on it to help him grow crops.  Thousands of slaveowners were "worried" that slavery would end.  Slavery was the best thing that had ever happened to them.  They weren't "worried" about a slave revolt.  They were buying slaves by the dozens.  GhostofSuperslum 04:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Worrisome slaves

message: Someone renamed the article Dade Massacre to Dade Battle.  Maybe it should get moved back.  -- SEWilco (talk) 04:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just did, and stated my reason on that talk page. It's the term John Mahon uses in History of the Second Seminole War. -- Donald Albury 11:06, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dade Massacre 

message: The article currently contains a link to Joseph Johnson which is a dab-page. The only person on that page who appears to be potentially the right target is Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician). Can someone with knowledge of this battle correct the wikilink to the proper target? If there is currently no Wikipedia article for the correct person, either make it into a redlink (if it is a person that could potentially be notable enough for a Wikipedia article), or remove the wikilink (if the person probably isn't). Thanks. -Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • &site=  count) 08:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I won't have access to the books I used as sources until next week. I'll check then to see who was intended. -- Donald Albury 12:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Joseph Johnson]] 

message: An anonymous contributor has submitted what seems to be some quality material about this war. Maybe some of it can be incorporated. It can be found at Articles for creation/Submissions/the black seminole slave rebellion. Martin 14:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Submitted content 

message: I changed the list of US leaders to include only those officers in command of US forces in the war. I also included the dates they were in command, but that is not critical. The list of Seminole leaders is more of a problem. There were no overall commanders or leaders on the Seminole side; there was never anything like a unified command, and there were a great number of independent bands in Florida at the beginning of the war, and three or four independent bands even at the end of the war in 1842. John Mahon's History of the Second Seminole War: 1835-1842, which remains the most comprehensive history of the war, lists more than 65 names of Seminole and black chiefs, warriors, interpreters, etc. in the index. So, what criteria should we use to choose which leaders are important enough to be included in the template? I propose for now that we not include any Seminole leaders for whom no Wikipedia article has been written. I am now going to search to see who does have an article. -- Donald Albury 23:20, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leaders/commanders