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A Florida Slave Sale, Peter D. Klingman

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of all the activities connected with the system of American Negro slavery, one of the less documented and less well-known aspects is that of free Negroes who purchased and owned slaves. (Generally it is believed that the majority of free blacks who owned slaves purchased them for reasons of personal interest and involvement. There are known examples of free black husbands who bought their slave “wives” as well as instances in which the reverse took place. In other recorded cases, the slaves were the children of a free-slave “marriage.” In still others, relatives and friends similarly were rescued from the …

Rise Of The "Businessman's Politician": The 1924 Florida Gubernatorial Race, Victoria H. Mcdonell

Florida Historical Quarterly

The 1920s in Florida reflected the enormous social and economic changes that were occurring throughout the United States. The conservatism of the period, exemplified by high tariffs, the passage of the Volstead Act, and the growth of right wing groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, performed an uneasy counterpoint to the new currents of change. Urban growth, rapid economic development, and the proliferation of transportation and communications facilities foretold the future complexion of American life, As Floridians approached the 1924 gubernatorial campaign they were faced with two alternatives: electing men who were committed to holding on to the past …

Bernard Romans- John Ellis Letters, 1772-1773, John D. Ware

Florida Historical Quarterly

John Ellis, born in Ireland about 1710, was a naturalist who Carl Linnaeus described as a “bright star of natural history” and “the main support of natural history in England.” He was a merchant in London when he was appointed as agent for the British province of West Florida, April 2, 1764, at an annual salary of 200 pounds.

That Infamous Floridian, Jesse Fish, Robert L. Gold

Florida Historical Quarterly

The story of Jesse Fish has long been obscured by rumor, contradictory reports, and confusion. He lived more than half a century in St. Augustine under both Spanish and British authority, and his long residence probably helped in the formation of the “Fish Legend,” which has lasted until the present day. Generally, he emerges as a sinister figure, an insidious schemer characteristically involved in contraband commerce, sedition, and illicit land transactions. Fish reputedly made money as an hacendado, land dealer, slaver, smuggler, usurer, and cunning crook. His critics also accuse him of performing espionage for England and Spain, and claim …

Economic Basis Of The Seventeenth-Century Florida Missions, Robert Allen Matter

Florida Historical Quarterly

Many Americans are familiar with the chain of Franciscan missions in Spanish California. Less well-known is the significant Franciscan mission system that flourished among the Florida Indians more than a century before the friars founded their first Upper California mission at San Diego in 1769. The Franciscans began their program in Florida in the late sixteenth century, fter the collapse in martyrdom of a relatively weak, five-year Jesuit effort. Within a hundred years the friars had forged their mission chains from the presidio at St. Augustine some 200 miles north along the Florida and Georgia coasts, to the vicinity of …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 52, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents

Decolonize Msu, Rev. John Norwood, Turtle Clan Chief Vincent Mann, Dr. Lisa Brooks

Decolonize MSU

During Native American Heritage Month, a campus-wide conversation was held about Montclair State University's Native Land Acknowledgement, which publicly acknowledges that MSU occupies the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape People. It also commits our University to be the urgent, difficult work of decolonization.

Focus on Education: This panel discussion includes a reflection on how K-12 schools and teachers can do more to support Indigenous students and communities, decolonize the curriculum, and teach about Native American history and culture in meaningful, relevant, and effective ways.

Invited Guests: Dr. Rev. John Norwood (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, NJ) Turtle Clan Chief Vincent Mann (Ramapough, NJ) …

Minutes Of Directors' Meeting, January 6, 1973, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The semi-annual meeting of the officers and board of directors of the Florida Historical Society was convened in the Society’s library, University of South Florida Library, Tampa, at 10:15 a.m., January 6, 1973, by Dr. John E. Johns, president. Attending were Milton D. Jones, Thelma Peters, Mrs. Milton D. Jones, Mary Jane Kuhl, Samuel Proctor, Audrey Broward, Donald Curl, Michel G. Emmanuel, David Forshay, Bryon S. Hollingshead, Anthony P. Pizzo, Sister Elizabeth Ann Rice, Jerrell H. Shofner, Normann Simons, Charlton Tebeau, and James C. Craig. Dr. Johns welcomed the group and introduced the new Board members, Sister Elizabeth Ann Rice …

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Annual Meeting, Florida Bicentennial History Symposium, Local Societies and Commissions

Florida Manuscript Acquisitions And Accessions, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is a listing of recent manuscript acquisitions and accessions as reported by Florida universities, colleges, and public libraries. In some instances the acquisitions of rare books, pamphlets, and maps have also been noted. Those interested in using particular collections should correspond with the library or institution directly.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE CITY MAKERS, by Richard A. Martin, reviewed by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.; THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE GULF COAST, 1803-1850, edited by Lucius F. Ellsworth, Ted Carageorge, William Coker, Earle Newton, reviewed by Harry P. Owens; SYNAGOGUE IN THE CENTRAL CITY: TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI, 1922-1972, by Charlton W. Tebeau, reviewed by John P. Reiger; JOHN GORRIE, M.D.: FATHER OF AIR CONDITIONING AND MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION, by Raymond B. Becker, reviewed by William M. Straight; THE PRE-COLOMBIAN MIND, by Francisco Guerra, reviewed by Jerald T. Milanich; SIXTEENTH CENTURY NORTH AMERICA: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE AS SEEN By THE EUROPEANS, …

Who Wrote "Barbour's Florida"?, Thomas S. Graham

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the years following the Civil War Americans in increasing numbers were becoming interested in Florida as a winter resort, a refuge for the infirm, and a frontier of opportunity. A brisk demand developed for accurate information about the state, which was romantically envisioned as the "Italy of America" or disparaged as a wilderness of swamp and everglades. To satisfy the market for knowledge about Florida a considerable quantity of newspaper stories, magazine articles, and tourist guide books were produced. Harriet Beecher Stowe, a pioneer in promoting Florida, sent out a series of articles from her winter retreat at Mandarin …

William V. Knott And The Gubernatorial Campaign Of 1916, Wayne Flynt

Florida Historical Quarterly

Sometime around 1958, William V. Knott recorded his impressions of the 1916 gubernatorial contest for a graduate student in New England. Much of this material was already available, especially in the master’s thesis by John R. Deal, Jr., "Sidney Johnston Catts, Stormy Petrel of Florida Politics" (University of Florida, 1949). Deal interviewed Knott and emphasized many points covered in this account. This is, however, the most complete and authoritative account yet published of the infamous "Sturkie Resolution" which played a critical role in the campaign. The manuscript is also a most complete revelation of Knott’s critique of the "Bryan Primary …

A Study Of Florida Defense Costs, 1565-1585: A Quantification Of Florida History, Paul E. Hoffman

Florida Historical Quarterly

Superficially quantitative history, like happiness, is different things to different people. Basically, however, it seeks to verify in more explicit ways generalizations such as "X was more important than Y," and "slavery was (or was not) profitable." To that end, numbers and statistical tests are developed to describe the same reality as that dealt with by "traditional" history. For most practitioners of the methodology this numerical description is a second, verifying description having as much validity, but no more than a narrative about the same historical events. Occasionally, as with the fiscal history of Florida from 1565 to 1585, the …

Wade Leonard, Florida Naval Stores Operator, Clifton Paisley

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida led all other states in naval stores production from 1905 to 1923, sometimes accounting for half of the nation's output. North Carolina had led from colonial times to the 1870s, but when naval stores declined there, many North Carolinians followed the industry southward and westward through the longleaf pine belt.

Spanish Fisheries Of Charlotte Harbor, E. A. Hammond

Florida Historical Quarterly

The fishermen from Cuba and other Spanish colonial settlements who had first sailed their smacks into the waters of Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay recognized that the bays, inlets, and rivers of the area abounded in edible fish and green turtle ready to be taken with minimal risk and perhaps even with substantial profit. The organic content of these waters provided ideal feeding haunts for many species for which there would be convenient markets. It may be reasonably assumed that commercial fishing, at least on a small scale, was carried on there in the latter part of the seventeenth and …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 51, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida College Teachers of History, State and Local History Awards, Announcements and Activities, Local Societies and Commissions

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

BILLY BARTRAM AND HIS GREEN WORLD, by Marjory Bartlett Sanger, reviewed by Wyatt Blassingame; A HISTORY OF FLORIDA BAPTISTS, by Edward E. Joiner, reviewed by Walter B. Posey; SOME WHO PASSED THIS WAY, by Ira A. Hutchinson, reviewed by John D. Ware; THE EVERGLADES TODAY: ENDANGERED WILDERNESS, by George X. Sand, reviewed by Thelma Peters; T. THOMAS FORTUNE: MILITANT JOURNALIST, by Emma Lou Thornbrough, reviewed by Jerrell H. Shofner; THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA: THE NORTHERN VOYAGES, A.D., 500-1660, by Samuel Eliot Morison, reviewed by Charles W. Arnade; BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS IN HISTORY: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAN …

Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This indicates the amount and variety of Florida history research and writing currently underway and as reported to the Florida Historical Quarterly. Recently completed doctoral dissertations and masters theses are included.

Lumber And Trade In Pensacola And West Florida: 1800-1860, John A. Eisterhold

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of all the commercially significant communities along the Old South's gulf coast, Pensacola was most dependent upon lumber for its prosperity. Although it failed to develop into a great cotton port, Pensacola found that an expanding lumber industry offered a reliable export commodity upon which to base a steady if unspectacular rate of growth. Favorably situated near rich timber resources, and possessing a good harbor, only enterprise was needed to make the city one of the nation's leading lumber ports.

Status Of Negroes In A Southern Port City In The Progressive Era: Pensacola, 1896-1920, Donald H. Bragow

Florida Historical Quarterly

Booker T. Washington in his book, The Negro in Business, selected Pensacola, Florida, as a "typical Negro business community" to illustrate the economic progress of blacks since the Civil War. Pensacola, he felt, was "representative of that healthy progressive communal spirit, so necessary to our people...." Washington’s information, obtained largely from the periodical pages of the Colored American, was quite accurate in describing the community's Negro populace during the period 1896 to approximately 1913. In 1907 The Voice of the Negro provided a similar appraisal of Pensacola's Negroes: "It has been equally surprising to note the amount of business done …

Pelts, Plumes, And Hides: White Traders Among The Seminole Indians, 1890-1930, Harry A. Kersey, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

Only a handful of Indians remained in Florida as the Third Seminole War ended in 1858. When Chief Billy Bowlegs led his band out of the Big Cypress Swamp, accepted a government indemnity, and boarded the steamer Grey Cloud which would take him and his group to their new home in the Indian Territory, he estimated that only thirty-eight warriors and their families were left behind. This was probably a low figure, but his information was relayed to the war department by Colonel Elias Rector, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and plans were made to locate the remaining bands. Throughout that …

Booker T. Washington's Florida Incident, 1903-1904, Arthur O. White

Florida Historical Quarterly

"Come without fail. You will receive kindly and friendly welcome. Address to be given in courthouse to both races." This telegram of February 4, 1903, reinvited Booker T. Washington, America’s best known black man, to speak on the occasion of the joint meeting of the General Education Board and county superintendents of education at Gainesville, Florida. It was front page news throughout the United States. Washington's acceptance of an earlier invitation from State Superintendent of Education William N. Sheats, one of the South's most renowned educators, had caused intense controversy among Floridians over the idea of a black man, however …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 51, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents

Proceedings Of The Seventieth Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Includes program and minutes, In Memoriam, new members, Gifts to the Society, Treasurer's Report

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Announcements and Activities, Local Societies and Commissions

Book Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No FURTHER RETREAT: THE FIGHT TO SAVE FLORIDA, by Raymond F. Dasmann, reviewed by Charlton W. Tebeau; ON PRESERVING TROPICAL FLORIDA, by John C. Gifford, reviewed by Polly Redford; ST. PETERSBURG AND ITS PEOPLE, by Walter Fuller, reviewed by Milton D. Jones; HISTORY OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY: A KING’S COUNTRY, by M. Luther King, reviewed by E. W. Carswell; JAMES BLAIR OF VIRGINIA, by Parke Rouse, Jr., reviewed by Jack P. Greene; THE LETTERBOOK OF ELIZA LUCAS PINCKNEY, 1739-1762, edited by Elise Pinckney, reviewed by Hugh Lefler; THE ANATOMY OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS, by Thomas B. Alexander and Richard E. …

Florencia Investigation Of Spanish Timucua, Fred Lamar Pearson, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

In 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine on the Florida peninsula. Spanish activity pushed Spain's northern frontier up as far as Chesapeake Bay, but effective control extended only to Port Royal, South Carolina. Menéndez, and subsequent Florida governors, established missions and presidios along the Atlantic seacoast and in the interior areas to give added protection to Florida.