Runaway slaves were hiding amongst Native American tribes in the South. General Andrew Jackson led the way in laying siege to towns in order to retake these slaves in the what first in a series of wars?

The Seminole were a Native American tribe originally from Florida. Runaway slaves were living amongst their tribes in the South, when General Andrew Jackson set out to recapture them, burning villages to the ground. He also seized St. Marks and Pensacola, which were Spanish-held at the time.

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