Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924

Publication

-

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924

Entry/Object ID

Library.2242

Description

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations; 23 cm Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924 by Canter Brown, Jr. Includes bibliographical references (p.229-243) and index. Contents: Founder --Struggle for power -- Collapse of dreams -- Refuge in the towns -- Road to disfranchisement -- Biographical directory -- Appendix: Officials by political subdivision (Duval County: pages 153-157) -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index to chapters 1-5 Selected Duval County names: George K. Sammis -- Joseph E. Lee -- Samuel Spearing -- Emannuel Fortune -- Cataline B. Simmons -- Norman Bascom Sterrett -- John H. Brown -- James D. Garvin -- William T. Garvin -- George Eugene Ross -- Mitchell P. Chappelle -- Handy [Hiram] N. Huggins -- Smart Tillman -- John E. Spearing -- James C. Wilkerson. Offices included for Jacksonville: Voter registrar -- Clerk of the Circuit Court -- Tax assessor -- Tax collector -- County commissioner -- Justice of the peace -- Constable -- Municipal judge -- Clerk -- Marshall -- Councilman. Offices included for LaVilla (1869-1887): Mayor -- Clerk -- Tax assessor -- Tax collector -- Treasurer -- Marshal -- Councilman.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- Race relations., Florida -- Politics and government --1865-1950., African Americans -- Florida -- Politics & government., African American leadership -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Lee, Joseph E., Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928., Spearing, Samuel., Simmons, Cataline B., 1806-1883., African Americans -- Florida -- Jacksonville., LaVilla (Jacksonville, Fla) -- History.

Publication Details

Author

Brown, Canter, Jr., 1948-

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Call No.

E 185.93 .F5 B76 1998

ISBN

0817309160