Florida's Negro War: Black Seminoles and the Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Hardcoverby Anthony E. Dixon (Author) From 1817 to 1858, the United States government engaged in a bitter conflict with the Seminole Nation. This conflict would result in three distinct wars. The Second Seminole War (1835 1842) was conducted under the Indian Removal Policy of the 1830's. This war was a result of the American plantation societies' relentless efforts to enslave the Black Seminole population. The United States government's objective became to