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