Johanna July (ca. 1857-ca. 1946)

Johanna July (ca. 1857-ca. 1946)

by MasseySara | Nov 14, 2007 | African American History, People

Johanna July, a black Seminole, was born around 1857 in Nacimiento de Los Negros, the settlement established in northern Mexico following the emigration of Indian and black Seminoles from the Indian Territory in 1849. By 1870, the U.S. Army, desperate for translators...