Battle of Negro Fort

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Negro Fort was an 1816 U.S. military attack on a British-built, Black and Native American–occupied fort in Spanish Florida, resulting in its destruction and the deaths or re-enslavement of many formerly enslaved people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Negro Fort canonical	1
Destruction of Negro Fort	1
Negro Fort attack	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2170107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Negro Fort
Context triple: [First Seminole War, hasPart, Battle of Negro Fort]

A. Battle of Mystic Fort
The Battle of Mystic Fort was a pivotal and devastating 1637 attack during the Pequot War in which English colonists and their Native allies destroyed a major Pequot stronghold in present-day Connecticut.
B. Battle of Port Royal
The Battle of Port Royal was a major early Union naval victory in the American Civil War, securing a key harbor on the South Carolina coast and demonstrating the effectiveness of the Union blockade.
C. Battle of Fort Frederica
The Battle of Fort Frederica was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British colonial forces repelled a Spanish invasion, securing British control of the colony during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
D. Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge was a pivotal 1776 Revolutionary War engagement in North Carolina in which Patriot forces decisively defeated Loyalist troops, helping to end British authority in the colony.
E. Battle of Nassau
The Battle of Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War amphibious assault in the Bahamas, notable as one of the first major naval operations of the fledgling United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Negro Fort
Target entity description: The Battle of Negro Fort was an 1816 U.S. military attack on a British-built, Black and Native American–occupied fort in Spanish Florida, resulting in its destruction and the deaths or re-enslavement of many formerly enslaved people.

A. Battle of Mystic Fort
The Battle of Mystic Fort was a pivotal and devastating 1637 attack during the Pequot War in which English colonists and their Native allies destroyed a major Pequot stronghold in present-day Connecticut.
B. Battle of Port Royal
The Battle of Port Royal was a major early Union naval victory in the American Civil War, securing a key harbor on the South Carolina coast and demonstrating the effectiveness of the Union blockade.
C. Battle of Fort Frederica
The Battle of Fort Frederica was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British colonial forces repelled a Spanish invasion, securing British control of the colony during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
D. Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge was a pivotal 1776 Revolutionary War engagement in North Carolina in which Patriot forces decisively defeated Loyalist troops, helping to end British authority in the colony.
E. Battle of Nassau
The Battle of Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War amphibious assault in the Bahamas, notable as one of the first major naval operations of the fledgling United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Destruction of Negro Fort ⓘ linked to: Battle of Negro Fort
belligerentStrength	U.S. regular troops and naval forces ⓘ hundreds of Black and Native defenders ⓘ
builtBy	British forces during the War of 1812 ⓘ
cause	U.S. concern over armed Black community near its border ⓘ U.S. desire to eliminate a refuge for escaped slaves ⓘ post–War of 1812 British arming of Black and Native allies ⓘ
combatant	Black maroons ⓘ Seminole and other Native American allies ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
commander	Andrew Jackson ⓘ Edmund P. Gaines ⓘ Sailing Master Jairus Loomis ⓘ
conflict	United States–Seminole conflicts ⓘ linked to: Seminole Wars
consequence	high mortality among fort occupants ⓘ intimidation of other maroon communities ⓘ massive explosion destroyed the fort ⓘ surviving Black defenders often returned to slavery ⓘ
countryAtTime	Spanish Empire ⓘ
date	1816-07-27 ⓘ
fortification	Negro Fort ⓘ
location	Apalachicola River ⓘ Spanish Florida ⓘ
notableEvent	U.S. artillery shot detonated the fort’s powder magazine ⓘ
opponentOf	United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
opposingForceType	multiracial community of escaped slaves and Native Americans ⓘ
partOf	prelude to the First Seminole War ⓘ
precededBy	War of 1812 ⓘ
relatedTo	British post on the Apalachicola ⓘ Seminole history ⓘ history of slavery in the United States ⓘ maroon communities in North America ⓘ
result	United States victory ⓘ death of many fort occupants ⓘ destruction of Negro Fort ⓘ re-enslavement of many formerly enslaved people ⓘ
significance	early example of U.S. cross-border intervention in Spanish Florida ⓘ helped pave the way for the First Seminole War ⓘ major blow to autonomous Black maroon settlement in the Southeast ⓘ
target	British-built fort occupied by Black and Native American people ⓘ
theater	Southeastern United States borderlands ⓘ
year	1816 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Seminole War → hasPart → Battle of Negro Fort ⓘ

Battle of Negro Fort → alsoKnownAs → Destruction of Negro Fort ⓘ

linked to: Battle of Negro Fort

Jairus Loomis → conflict → Negro Fort attack ⓘ

subject linked to: Sailing Master Jairus Loomis