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Florida Historical Quarterly
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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Clark, 200 Quick Looks at Florida History, by Benjamin D. Brotemarkle; Craig, Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection, by Roger C. Smith; Carson, Searching for the Bright Path: The Mississippi Choctaws from Prehistory to Removal, by Jane E. Dysart; Onuf, Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood, by Michael E. Long; Francaviglia and Richmond, eds., Dueling Eagles: Reinterpreting the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848, by John M. Belohlavek; McMurry, Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy, by Judkin Browning; Grabau, Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer's View of the Vicksburg Campaign, by Richard L. Kiper; Litwicki , America's Public Holidays, 1865-1920, by …
Historic Notes And Documents: Telegraphic Correspondence Relating To The Jacksonville Fire Of 1901, Louis Zelenka
Historic Notes And Documents: Telegraphic Correspondence Relating To The Jacksonville Fire Of 1901, Louis Zelenka
Florida Historical Quarterly
On Friday, May 3, 1901, most of Jacksonville's downtown business and residential district was destroyed by fire. Mary L'Engle telegraphed her father, J.C. L'Engle, who represented Duval County in the State House: "Big fire Jax. Our three houses burned. We staying at Westmoreland Hotel. Fire still burning." In Tallahassee, Governor William S. Jenning received a telegram from an unknown correpondent: "The city of Jacksonville in flames. Armory destroyed. I think it would be advisable to send four companies [of militia] to the city at once."
Larry Eugene River's "Slavery In Florida": A Review Essay, James Oakes
Larry Eugene River's "Slavery In Florida": A Review Essay, James Oakes
Florida Historical Quarterly
Serious scholarly invetigation of slavery in Florida began with the 1973 publication of Julia Floyd Smith's Slavery and Plantation Growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860. In her own way Smith was a pioneer. She was the first to lay out the basic contours of slavery's history in Florida, and she grounded her narrative on extensive use of archival records, census data, traveler's accounts, legislation, and even slave narratives. Her focus was restricted to the American slaveholders who poured into middle Florida after 1821 and who thereafter extended the southern frontier of the cotton belt. She framed her book within the literature …
Jacksonville's Consolidation Mayor: Hans G. Tanzler Jr., James B. Crooks
Jacksonville's Consolidation Mayor: Hans G. Tanzler Jr., James B. Crooks
Florida Historical Quarterly
Jacksonville's consolidation with Duval County on October 1, 1968, marked a major turning point in the history of this northeastern Florida coastal city. Prior to this event, Jacksonville and the surrounding Duval County struggled with a variety of problems. Despite rapid growth in the metro area, the city lost population, endured racial conflict, and suffered substantial environmental pollution. While other Southern cities faced many of the same problems, the glamour that soon shone upon the Sunbelt seemed to elude this city on the St. Johns River. Partly it was comparative. Other Florida cities-Miami, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Orlando-had begun to achieve …
Plumb Lines, Politics, And Projections: The Florida Everglades And The Wright Report Controversy, Aaron D. Purcell
Plumb Lines, Politics, And Projections: The Florida Everglades And The Wright Report Controversy, Aaron D. Purcell
Florida Historical Quarterly
The drainage of the Florida Everglades haw been a highly debated issue since the mid-nineteenth century. In the 1840s, the United State Congress and the state of Florida passed legislation that encouraged reclamation.1 Nothing came from that effort, but during the next decade Congress began transferring Everglades land to the state of Florida, stipulating that all earnings made from the lands be reinvested in their reclamation.2 To manage the development of these lands, in 1855, the state created an Internal Improvement Fund and appointed trustees who oversaw projects that the Sunshine State hoped would attract people, capital, and agricultural developers. …
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 80, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents
History News, Florida Historical Society
History News, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
In Memoriam, Awards and Grants, Conferences, Local History, Websites, Recent History Titles
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Fuson, Juan Ponce de Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida. By Charles W. Arnade; McEwan, ed., Indians of the Greater Southeast: Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory. By James Taylor Carson; Craig, Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection. By Roger C. Smith; Cashin, William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier. By J. Russell Snapp; O'Shaughnessy, An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean. By Robert L. Paquette; Massey, John Laurens and the American Revolution. By Robert Olwell; Johnson, Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market. By Jeffrey Robert Young; …
Historic Notes And Documents: The Spanish Dedication Tablets From San Marcos De Apalache, Ryan J. Wheeler
Historic Notes And Documents: The Spanish Dedication Tablets From San Marcos De Apalache, Ryan J. Wheeler
Florida Historical Quarterly
Several scholars have offered information and opinions on the date of construction of the Spanish stone fort and stone watchtower at San Marcos de Apalache.1 Two Spanish dedication tablets from the fort, presently in the collection of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Bach, have been cited in these attempts at temporal assignment, but there has been no scholarly attempt to doument the tablets or translate inscriptions on them.2 This essay presents information on the tablets, a transcription of the engraved tablet, comparison with similar architectural features, and some thoughts on the dating of the tablets and their bearing on …
Religion On Florida Territorial Frontiers, Ernest F. Dibble
Religion On Florida Territorial Frontiers, Ernest F. Dibble
Florida Historical Quarterly
In reviewing works on Florida territorial history, well-known scholar Herbert J. Doherty Jr. noted in 1958 that many individual church histories had been written but most were "not good history." Even though he later conceded that Catholic and some Protestant denominations were "adequately treated" in denominational history survey, a true religious history-one that synthesizes church histories- remain unavailable. The role of religion on Florida's territorial frontiers is largely hidden from history.
Fort Denaud: Logistics Hub Of The Third Seminole War, Jay Jennings
Fort Denaud: Logistics Hub Of The Third Seminole War, Jay Jennings
Florida Historical Quarterly
One of the least known and seldom chronicled military events in American history in the three-year conflict known as the Third Seminole War. Also labeled the Billy Bowlegs War, this final uprising of the Seminole tribe occurred in South Florida between 1855 and 1858. Few of the military outposts established during the war remain; the enduring legacy of most is a roadside marker or street sign. Thirty miles east of Fort Myers-one of the placenames that lives on-is a small swing-span bridge memorializing Fort Denaud, beside which is a plaque marking the spot of a forgotten military installation that played …
Green Awakening: Social Activism And The Evolution Of Majory Stoneman Douglas's Environmental Consciousness, Jack E. Davis
Green Awakening: Social Activism And The Evolution Of Majory Stoneman Douglas's Environmental Consciousness, Jack E. Davis
Florida Historical Quarterly
Late in life, Marjory Stoneman Douglas earned a reputation a an impassioned and outspoken environmentalist. Her antiquity, warrior-like spirit, and signature wide-brim hats made her a darling of the media. From Ms. and Rolling Stone magazines to the smallest village newspapers of Florida, journalists called her "Our Lady of the Glades," "Grand Dame of the Everglades," "Guardian of the Glades," "Guardian of the Glades' Spirit," "First Lady of the Everglades," "Empress of the Everglades," "Champion of Everglades," and "Everglades Evangelist." She received countless honorary degrees, medals, and awards. At age 102, she was Honorary Chair of the Conference on the …
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 80, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents
Volume Index, Florida Historical Society
Volume Index, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Lander, Black Society in Spanish Florida, by Virginia Gould; Mann, Art in Florida, 1564-1945, by Valerie Anne Leeds; McCarthy, Native Americans in Florida, by Patricia Wickman; Bense, ed., Archaeology of Colonial Pensacola, by Paul E. Hoffman; Klein, The Atlantic Slave Trade, by Adonijah Bakali; Saunt, A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816, by Greg O'Brien; Weddle, Wilderness Manhunt: The Spanish Search for La Salle, Foter, ed., The La Salle Expedition to Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687, by Julianna Barr; Leibiger, Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of …
History News, Florida Historical Society
History News, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Conferences, Call for Papers, Fellowships and Grants, Websites, Minutes of the Florida Historical Society, New Business, Committee Reports, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society
Historic Notes And Documents: "Our Desired Haven": The Letters Of Corinna Brown Aldrich From Antebellum Key West, 1849-1850, James M. Denham
Historic Notes And Documents: "Our Desired Haven": The Letters Of Corinna Brown Aldrich From Antebellum Key West, 1849-1850, James M. Denham
Florida Historical Quarterly
On January 8,1849, Dr. Edward S. Aldrich wrote his wife Corinna Brown Aldrich from Key West, Florida. His description of American's southernmost town spoke of its beauty and economic potential.
Orlando's Martin Andersen: Power Behind The Boom, H. Bailey Thomson
Orlando's Martin Andersen: Power Behind The Boom, H. Bailey Thomson
Florida Historical Quarterly
Newspaper publishers often have been key partners with other business and civic leaders in promoting the expansion of their cities. The goal of these coalitions, which sociologist Harvey L. Molotch calls "growth machines," has been so intensify land use and make money. Such boosterism has been especially prevalent in the South since World War II, as civic-commercial elites sought to modernize government and attract industry, measuring their success mainly in conservative terms such as new factories, office buildings, and expressways.
A St. Augustine Crime Passionnel, Vivien Miller
A St. Augustine Crime Passionnel, Vivien Miller
Florida Historical Quarterly
The crime passionnel is not formally recognized in North American law. Nevertheless, any reading of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century southern court records and pardon files reveal that, as acts of interpersonal violence, crimes of passion "generated by thwarted love, jealousy, [and] hatred that rise to the level of obsession" were not uncommon. One such crime was perptrated by Alexander Campbell. This was the unusual case of a middle-class white man who was convicted of first-degree murder in a Florida court in 1891 and sent to the convict lease system where he remained for a considerable length of time. This partiular Florida …
Military Liberalism On The East Florida "Frontier": Implementation Of The 1812 Constitution, Alejandro Quiroga Fernandez De Soto
Military Liberalism On The East Florida "Frontier": Implementation Of The 1812 Constitution, Alejandro Quiroga Fernandez De Soto
Florida Historical Quarterly
The first quarter of the nineteenth century was a time of great political change in both Spain and its American empire. The French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 1808 led to a long war for independence, as the Spanish people and government sought to oust Napoleon's troops and form a constitutional monarchy. During the war deputies from throughout the empirr formed the Cortes Generales, or National Assembly, in Cadiz and proclaimed the first Spanish constitution in 1812. The change of government in Spain had consequences for the American colonies, and scholars have pointed out the role played by the …
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 79, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents
History News, Florida Historical Society
History News, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Conferences, Call for Papers, Historical Societies' Projects and Events, Fellowships and Awards, Websites, Editor's Notes
Forum: Glenda Alice Rabby, Florida Historical Society
Forum: Glenda Alice Rabby, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
The three contributors to this symposium have been engaged in the study of twentieth-century race relations and civil rights throughout their respective careers. When asked to comment on the articles in Ihis special issue and reftect upon their relevance to Florida and American history, they eagerly accepted the challenge. Through their common elements as well as their individuality, the commentaries of Glenda Alice Rabby, David H. Jackson Jr., and Clarence Taylor engage in the ongoing conversation about the role of race in shaping Florida and the United States.
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
David McCally, The Everglades: An Environmental History, by R. Bruce Stephenson; Brent Richard Weisman, Unconquered People: Florida's Semilole and Miccosukee Indians, by Theda Perdue; John T. Foster and Sarah Whitmer Foster, Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers: The Transformation of Florida, by George B. Ellenberg; Virginia Bernhard, Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782, by Colleen Vasconcellos; Thomas N. Ingersoll, Mammon and Mallon in Early New Orleans: The First Slave Society in the Deep South, 1718-1819, by Sarah Russell; Catherine A. Brekus, Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845, by Lorrie Clover, Timothy S. Huebner, The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges …
The Origins Of Tallahasseee's Racial Disturbance Plan: Segregation, Racial Tensions, And Violence During World War Ii, Jon Evans
Florida Historical Quarterly
On the evening of Easter Sunday 1945, a quiet darkness fell on Tallahassee, home to Florida's state government, the Florida State College for Women, and Dale Mabry Airfield. After a day of holiday festivities and celebration, activities in the small town began to wind down. Yet, around 10 p.m., the stillness was broken by the sounds of angry voices and shattering glass int he city's predominantly black Frenchtown neighborhood. The calm of that Sunday evening was marred by a disturbance involving black troops Dale Mabry Field and Carrabelle's Camp Gordon Johnston. the melee began, according to Tallahassee Chief of Police …
Whitening Miami: Race, Housing, And Government Policy In Twentieth-Century Dade County, Raymond A. Mohl
Whitening Miami: Race, Housing, And Government Policy In Twentieth-Century Dade County, Raymond A. Mohl
Florida Historical Quarterly
Throughout the twentieth century, government agencies played a powerful role in creating and sustaining racially separate and segregated housing in Dade County, Florida. This pattern of housing segregation initially was imposed early through official policies of "racial zoning," During the New Deal era of lhe 1930s, federal housing policies were implemented at the local level to maintain legally segregated housing and neighborhoods. Such policies included the appraisal system established by the federal Home Owners Loan Corporation, which helped to create the discriminatory lending system known as "redlining." In addition, under the New Deal's federally sponsored public housing program, local housing …
Colorless Primaries: Tampa's White Municipal Party, Pam Iorio
Colorless Primaries: Tampa's White Municipal Party, Pam Iorio
Florida Historical Quarterly
The oppression of southern blacks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century came to be known as the age of Jim Crow. Freedoms wrung from lhe battlefields of the Civil War, and expanded during Reconstruction, were stripped away with oppressive measures designed to assert while supremacy. The right of suffrage was quashed with a vengeance. Black men and some black women who had voted during Rcconstruction, and had even held public office, were divested of this right by acts that ranged from stark intimidation and violence to implementation of exclusive primaries, literacy tests, and poll taxes.
The Mayor's "Henchmen And Henchwomen, Both White And Colored": Edward H. Armstrong And The Politics Of Race In Daytona Beach, 1900-1940, Leonard R. Lempel
The Mayor's "Henchmen And Henchwomen, Both White And Colored": Edward H. Armstrong And The Politics Of Race In Daytona Beach, 1900-1940, Leonard R. Lempel
Florida Historical Quarterly
Writing about his early twentieth-century childhood in Daytona, the renowned theologian Howard Thurman related a story about his older cousin and idol. Thorton Smith. A semi-pro baseball player in his youth, Smith had established himself by the 1920s as a successful restaurateur in Midway, the most business-oriented of Daytona's three black neighoorhoods. He purchased supplies from Edward Armstrong, a white grocer and aspiring politician who wanted to loosen the Ku Klux Klan's grip on the city; Smith suggested to him that the Klan could be defeated only if blacks were allowed to vote. After in itially rejecting the idea, the …
Editor's Preface, Florida Historical Society
Editor's Preface, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
This issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly is dedicated to the exploration and consideration of political and economic relations between black and white Floridians in the first half of the twentieth century. Articles by Jon Evans, Pam Iorio, Leonard R. Lempel, and Raymond A. Mohl examine the attitudes and actions that shaped racial life in Tallahassee. Tampa, Daytona Beach, and Miami, respectively. Following the articles, David H. Jackson Jr., Glenda Alice Rabby, and Clarence Taylor elaborate on the themes of the articles, offering ideas about how early twentieth-century Florida fits into American and southern history, and the lessons we can …