Slavery in Florida : territorial days to emancipation

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Slavery in Florida : territorial days to emancipation

Entry/Object ID

Library.2042

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Description

xvi, 369 pages. : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Slavery in Florida : territorial days to emancipation by Larry Rivers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-359) and index. Winner of: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association Nonfiction Book Award -- The Tampa Bay Historical Society's D. B. McKay Award -- The Florida Historical Society's Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Summary: Here you will find the voices of slave men, women, and children. Rivers used the Federal Writers Project WPA interviews of former slaves as well as other newspaper interviews with former bond servants to describe "what slavery was like" in Florida from the viewpoint of the enslaved black. Contents: Racial contact and the African presence, On middle Florida's large plantations -- On middle Florida's small plantations -- In East and West Florida -- Family -- Religion and community -- Material conditions and physical treatment -- Social interaction between Whites and Blacks -- Social interaction among Blacks -- Interaction between Blacks and Indians -- Slave resistance -- Slavery and the Civil War -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. East Florida connections: Zephaniah Kingsley(p.115, 122-123, 126, 128-129, 156, 167,169) -- Mother Sam (p.123) was a former slave woman who preached at her home and baptized slaves in the St. Johns River at the foot of Hogan's Street -- Isaiah D. Hart as slave stealer, developer of city, and wish for planter status with plantation known as Paradise -- Fleeing slaves from East Florida (p.149) -- Isaiah D. Hart openly consorted with his black mistress until his death in 1861 and shared 1 or more childen (p.154) -- Hart grew strongly attached to his slave Amy Hickman (p.156-157) -- Slave named Celia whose father was a white man named Jacob Bryan of Duval County killed him (p.158-159 ) -- Thomas W. Long ran away from master John Roberts in 1862 to join 33rd US Colored Infantry, stole wife and 2 daughters from Jacksonville , and rejoined his regiment (p.232) -- Song heard in Jax for freedom (p.247) Photos: Thomas Warren Long who escaped from Duval County to fight for freedom during the Civil War (2 pages before ch.4) -- Slaves in fields of Zephaniah Kingsley's plantation in 1870s or 1880s (p. before ch.4)

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Book

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Documentary Objects

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Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Slavery -- Florida -- History -- 19th century., Slaves -- Florida -- Social conditions., Plantation life -- Florida -- History., Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843., Hart, Isaiah David.

Publication Details

Author

Rivers, Larry E., 1950-

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville.

Call No.

E 445 .F6 R58 2000

ISBN

9780813033815