Slavery in Florida

Territorial Days to Emancipation

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Slavery in Florida by Larry Eugene Rivers, University Press of Florida
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Larry Eugene Rivers ISBN: 9780813059266
Publisher: University Press of Florida Publication: March 15, 2009
Imprint: University Press of Florida Language: English
Author: Larry Eugene Rivers
ISBN: 9780813059266
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publication: March 15, 2009
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Language: English

This important illustrated social history of slavery tells what life was like for bond servants in Florida from 1821 to 1865, offering new insights from the perspective of both slave and master.

Starting with an overview of the institution as it evolved during the Spanish and English periods, Larry E. Rivers looks in detail and in depth at the slave experience, noting the characteristics of slavery in the Middle Florida plantation belt (the more traditional slave-based, cotton-growing economy and society) as distinct from East and West Florida (which maintained some attitudes and traditions of Spain). He examines the slave family, religion, resistance activity, slaves’ participation in the Civil War, and their social interactions with whites, Indians, other slaves, and masters.

Rivers also provides a dramatic account of the hundreds of armed free blacks and runaways among the Seminole, Creek, and Mikasuki Indians on the peninsula, whose presence created tensions leading to the great slave rebellion, the Second Seminole War (1835-42).

Slavery in Florida is built upon painstaking research into virtually every source available on the subject--a wealth of historic documents, personal papers, slave testimonies, and census and newspaper reports. This serious critical work strikes a balance between the factual and the interpretive. It will be significant to all readers interested in slavery, the Civil War, the African American experience, and Florida and southern U.S. history, and it could serve as a comprehensive resource for secondary school teachers and students.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This important illustrated social history of slavery tells what life was like for bond servants in Florida from 1821 to 1865, offering new insights from the perspective of both slave and master.

Starting with an overview of the institution as it evolved during the Spanish and English periods, Larry E. Rivers looks in detail and in depth at the slave experience, noting the characteristics of slavery in the Middle Florida plantation belt (the more traditional slave-based, cotton-growing economy and society) as distinct from East and West Florida (which maintained some attitudes and traditions of Spain). He examines the slave family, religion, resistance activity, slaves’ participation in the Civil War, and their social interactions with whites, Indians, other slaves, and masters.

Rivers also provides a dramatic account of the hundreds of armed free blacks and runaways among the Seminole, Creek, and Mikasuki Indians on the peninsula, whose presence created tensions leading to the great slave rebellion, the Second Seminole War (1835-42).

Slavery in Florida is built upon painstaking research into virtually every source available on the subject--a wealth of historic documents, personal papers, slave testimonies, and census and newspaper reports. This serious critical work strikes a balance between the factual and the interpretive. It will be significant to all readers interested in slavery, the Civil War, the African American experience, and Florida and southern U.S. history, and it could serve as a comprehensive resource for secondary school teachers and students.

More books from University Press of Florida

Cover of the book The Challenge of Blackness by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Treasures of the Panhandle: A Journey through West Florida by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Death of a Prowler by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book The Habana Café Cookbook by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Maya and Catholic Cultures in Crisis by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888–1950 by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Holding On to the Air by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Unlikely Dissenters by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book No Student Left Behind by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Charleston by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Category 5 by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Miami by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Uncommonly Savage by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book Fishing Key West and the Lower Keys by Larry Eugene Rivers
Cover of the book The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Larry Eugene Rivers
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy