Zephaniah kingsley jr and the atlantic world book

Schafer published by university press of florida schafer, daniel l. No book is perfect, but if you prefer to search for the answers to big historical questions in small places this book is a wonderful experience. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardcover at. The book is also a chronicle of the transatlantic slave trade and its impact in both africa and. Copy from new hanover county will book ab, 248, in zephaniah. Schafer university press of florida,20 though the scholarly volume is factdetailed heavy and therefore on the dry side in writing, it is one amazing historical study. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

If you have lived in northeast florida long enough, there is no doubt you have heard of or perhaps even visited kingsley plantation. In it, he traces how kingsley initially pursued a successful career in commerce, principally by trafficking enslaved africans or. It was established in 2006 to celebrate the best florida. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator by daniel l. The world war ii liberty ship ss john gorrie was named in his honor. Festival schedule the florida heritage book festival. Illustrates just how complex, interconnected and surprising the eighteenthcentury atlantic world could be for the men and women who circulated around it and helped shape it. Coordinated by the florida state university libraries, the florida book awards is the nations most comprehensive state book awards program. Schafer beautifully describes the exceedingly interesting, but, complex character of kingsley and the life and times of americas plantation era in which he lived. African princess florida slave plantation slaveowner. Florida, 2018 florida british heritage trail tallahassee.

Native american slavery in the seventeenth century. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic. Inspired by the true life story of former slave anna madgigine jai kingsley. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles in trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles kingsley as patriarch. William bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida university press of florida, 2010. Schafer an adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social philosopher who denounced segregation laws and. Schafer, professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida, is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley. An adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social. This extensively researched book captures zephaniah kingsley jr.

Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator was published in november 20. Shots were exchanged, and the pilot of the slave ship, genaro garay, received a flesh wound. And the atlantic world is the best telling of southern maritime history, plantation development, and the evolving ideology of slavery i have ever come across. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as cds or access codes. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville. John gorrie dog park at riverside park in jacksonville, fl opened in the summer of 2016.

Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator, university press of florida, 20 william bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, and thunder on the river. John gorrie junior high school, now an apartment building named the john gorrie, in jacksonville and john gorrie elementary school in tampa are named in his honor. Her father fought to be ruler in a dynastic clash, but lost. He is the author of several books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park ser. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park service site, and for his 1828 pamphlet, a treatise on the patriarchal system of society, that advocated just and human treatment of slaves, liberal emancipation policies, and granting rights to free persons of color.

With its eighth annual competition now complete, the florida book awards has announced winners for books published in 20 in the nine categories of competition. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida, 20. She was taken during a raid on jolof to goree island off the coast of senegal, transported to havana, and purchased by zephaniah kingsley of spanish east florida. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval. December 4, 1765 september 14, 1843, a quaker born in england. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator and thunder on the river. Schafer, author of the awardwinning book, zephaniah kingsley jr. Daniel l schafer a biography of zephaniah kingsley jr.

Schafer an adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social philosopher who denounced segregation laws and yet defended. Read book anna madgigine jai kingsley african princess florida slave plantation slaveowner full free. Kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. Volume 64 issue 1 ethnohistory duke university press. He is also the author of several other books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. An absorbing account of anna madgigine jai kingsley, an african woman who was enslaved, forcibly transported to florida, held in bondage, freed, and married to her white master. His fathers mercantile pursuits carried young kingsley from bristol, england, to charleston, south carolina, and then, because zephaniah kingsley sr. I thought his first was terrific and i liked this current work even better. Florida book awards for 2014 honor randy wayne white, others. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and.

In december, schafer hosted a 12member delegation from senegal as they traced anna kingsleys life in northeast. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, now available in a revised and expanded edition. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a. An alternative history of portugal and the portuguese. In this revised and expanded edition of anna kingsleys remarkable life story, daniel schafer draws on new discoveries to prove true the longstanding rumors that anna madgigine jai was originally a princess from the royal family of jolof in senegal. April 11, 1734 circa 1792 was an affluent british merchant, a loyalist during the american revolution and one of the seven founders of the university of new brunswick, canadas oldest english language university. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator a visit to kingsley plantation convinced me that this was a topic of national and international importance that had somehow escaped scholarly attention.

He believed in slavery and yet he also freed hundreds of slaves and became a voice for emancipation, says dr. He served on the florida territorial council after florida was acquired by the united states in. Kingsley tucked a dagger in his belt and prepared to defend himself with a rifle and a pistol as the group from the slave ship burst into the quarters. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world by mark j.

He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner zephaniah kingsley jr. The civil war in northeast florida university press of florida, 2010. Discover book depositorys huge selection of daniel l schafer books online. A lost princess remembered in senegal the florida bookshelf. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale. He became a ship captain engaged in atlantic commerce, buying sugar and coffee in the caribbean and slaves in africa, and exchanging british. December 4, 1765 september 14, 1843, a quaker born in england who moved as a child with his family to south carolina, became a planter, slave trader, and merchant who built several plantations in the spanish colony of florida in what is now jacksonville, florida.

His book may also soon by translated into french, which is spoken in senegal. Schafer is professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida. This book is a wonderful addition to schafers earlier work on anna madgigine jai kingsley, zephaniahs slave born wife. Eighth annual florida book award winners announced. For unfs dan schafer, local history is lifes work news. In this book, schafer discusses william bartrams exploration of florida in the 1770s, finding a discrepancy between the untouched wilderness that bartram described and the increasingly developed state of the area under british control. Florida association of museum, 2014, with fred gaske zephaniah kingsley jr.