Isaac Payne (1854-1904) was a Black Seminole.
He served in the US Army and became part of the Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts. He received a Medal of Honor, the military's highest honor for his part when serving as a trumpeter in 1875 he charged "hostiles" who attacked during a scouting patrol.
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Mixed Experience History Month is an annual blog post series celebrating the history of the Mixed experience. Established on Heidi Durrow's blog Light-skinned-ed Girl in 2007, Mixed Experience History Month is an effort to illuminate achievements of multiracial and multicultural individuals (not tragic mulattoes) and people and events central to the Mixed experience. Please look for more profiles of people, places and events of the Mixed experience every weekday of May at Lightskinned-ed Girl, the blog, or Mixed Chicks Chat blog! Thanks for reading. You can also read past year's series: 2007, 2008, 2009.
