Florida slave : interviews with ex-slaves WPA Writers Project, 1930s and testimony of ex-slaves, Joint Congressional Committee, Jacksonville, 1871

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Jacksonville History Center

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Florida slave : interviews with ex-slaves WPA Writers Project, 1930s and testimony of ex-slaves, Joint Congressional Committee, Jacksonville, 1871

Entry/Object ID

Library.2039

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Description

301 pages . : illustrations ; 22 cm. Florida slave : interviews with ex-slaves WPA Writers Project, 1930s and testimony of ex-slaves, Joint Congressional Committee, Jacksonville, 1871 by Stetson Kennedy and Joyce Kennedy. Selected contents and slaves with Jacksonville connections: : WPA Florida Writers Project, 1930's -- Margaret Nickerson (p.146+) -- Samuel Simson Andrew (p.15) -- Frank Berry (claims to be grandson of Osceola, p.25) -- Peter Morse Caddus (p.41) -- Florida Clayton (p.47) -- Irene Coates (p.53) -- Douglas Dorsey (p.65) -- Harriet Gresham (p.98) -- Squires Jackson (p.111) -- Christine Mitchell (p.137) -- Louis Napoleon (p.141) -- Anna Scott (p.165) -- William Sherman (p.169) -- Samuel Smalls (p. 176) --Shack Thomas (p.196) -- Luke Towns (p.199) --Willis Williams (p.205) -- Emmanuel Fortune (p.217). Notes (How many slaves to take to Florida?) Appendices -- Zephaniah Kingsley -- Francisco Menendez -- Jorge Biassou -- Chief Black Factor -- Antonio Proctor -- Sandy Cormish -- Samson Forrester -- Jonathan Walker -- Jonathan C. Gibbs -- George Brown -- Congressman seeks slavery apology -- Reparations for slavery -- Rivana Boynton questionnaire -- Related reading. This title is the last project completed by author, activist, and folklorist Stetson Kennedy before his death on August 27, 2011. Although he did not live to see the book in print, he had finished his work on the manuscript and was very happy with the cover design. The book contains interviews with ex-slaves collected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Florida Writers Project (FWP) in the 1930's as well as the testimony of es-slaves before the Joint Congressional Committees in Jacksonville from 1871. Stetson compiled and edited the text, and wrote the introduction and after-word... from http://www.stetsonkennedy.com/slave.html.

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Library

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Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

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Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Slavery -- Florida -- History -- 19th century., African Americans -- Florida., African Americans -- Segregation -- Florida., Race discrimination -- Florida., Slavery -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843., African Americans -- Florida -- Interviews.

Publication Details

Author

Kennedy, Stetson.

Publisher

Florida Historical Society Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Cocoa, FL

Call No.

F 316 .K4 2011

ISBN

9781886104488