He is the author of several books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardback daniel l. Daniel l schafer a biography of zephaniah kingsley jr. Shots were exchanged, and the pilot of the slave ship, genaro garay, received a flesh wound. Schafer weaves the tale of kingsleys life in painstaking detail based on thorough knowledge of primary and secondary sources. He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner zephaniah kingsley jr. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator by daniel l. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world by mark j.
Africa obscured the pervasiveness of atlantic world violence, death, and deception. John gorrie dog park at riverside park in jacksonville, fl opened in the summer of 2016. 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. In the endless search for profits, planters, merchants, and other astute businessmen like zephaniah kingsley, jr. Schafer an adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social philosopher who denounced segregation laws and yet defended. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator, zephaniah kingsley jr. Indeed, no place seemed to be off limits for such ventures.
This book is the product of prodigious research in archives. For unfs dan schafer, local history is lifes work news. If you have lived in northeast florida long enough, there is no doubt you have heard of or perhaps even visited kingsley plantation. 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. Jul 03, 2018 at goree island, anta was sold again to the captain of a european slave ship and carried across the atlantic to havana, cuba, where she and two other teenage african girls were purchased by zephaniah kingsley, jr. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardcover at. In it, he traces how kingsley initially pursued a successful career in commerce, principally by trafficking enslaved africans or.
The civil war in northeast florida university press of florida, 2010. 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. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts. Schafer, author of the awardwinning book, zephaniah kingsley jr. Florida slave revised and expanded edition, university press of florida, 2018 florida british heritage trail tallahassee. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles.
The proslavery writings of zephaniah kingsley florida history and culture and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Florida association of museum, 2014, with fred gaske zephaniah kingsley jr. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner by daniel l. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, now available in a revised and expanded edition. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world. 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. An original and important contribution to the scholarship of florida, the british empire, the caribbean, africa, slavery and emancipation, the colonial united states, and the atlantic world. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator article january 20 with 54 reads how we measure reads. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park ser. Schafers biography includes books anna madgigine jai kingsley. Nov 12, 20 this extensively researched book captures zephaniah kingsley jr. 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.
Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and. Florida scholarship online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville. Here, schafer provides a detailed account of the life and times of unorthodox slaveholder zephaniah kingsley. Discover book depositorys huge selection of daniel l schafer books online. 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. The world war ii liberty ship ss john gorrie was named in his honor. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator and thunder on the river. Copy from new hanover county will book ab, 248, in zephaniah.
Schafer, professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida, is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. His fathers mercantile pursuits carried young kingsley from bristol, england, to charleston, south carolina, and then, because zephaniah kingsley sr. A controversial figure for his views on manumission and his unorthodox marital arrangements, zephaniah kingsley jr. 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.
Kingsley s steadfast loyalty to great britain resulted in the confiscation of his considerable properties and banishment from south carolina. He became a ship captain engaged in atlantic commerce, buying sugar and coffee in the caribbean and slaves in africa, and exchanging british nationality for loyalty to the. Nov 12, 20 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. Jun 29, 2016 kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. East of the house was a large group of banana trees, sev. Kingsley plantation also known as the zephaniah kingsley plantation home and buildings is the site of a former estate in jacksonville, florida, that was named for an early owner, zephaniah kingsley, who spent 25 years there. 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. 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.
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. The first detailed study of zephaniah kingsley, a controversial individual who amassed a fortune in the atlantic slave trade yet emancipated many of the slaves he owned. He believed in slavery and yet he also freed hundreds of slaves and became a voice for emancipation, says dr. Robert baker abstract enlightenment philosophers had long feared the effects of crisscrossing boundaries, both real and imagined. William bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida university press of florida, 2010. Schafer is professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida bronze. 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.
African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, and thunder on the river. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville magazine. Directly south of the maam anna house stood a large well and a grove of purple and white fig trees. Schafer is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley 3. An adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social. Florida book awards for 2014 honor randy wayne white, others. The kingsley family, charleston, and the american revolution. Schafer published by university press of florida, united states 20. Nathaniel millett, the maroons of prospect bluff and their quest for freedom in the atlantic world university press of florida general fiction.
Kingsley plantation on fort george island is a special place for many locals. Because kingsley traveled to so much of the atlantic world, so too has his biographer. 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. Book recaps unusual life of man behind kingsley plantation. This is an audio summary of anna madgigine jai kingsley. A lost princess remembered in senegal the florida bookshelf. 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. May 16, 2018 schafers books include thunder on the river. The civil war in northeast florida, william bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida and zephaniah kingsley jr. Isabella and the kingsley children joined him in exile in new brunswick, canada. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida, 20. He is also the author of several other books, including zephaniah kingsley jr.
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