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Robert baker abstract enlightenment philosophers had long feared the effects of crisscrossing boundaries, both real and imagined. East of the house was a large group of banana trees, sev. 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. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world by mark j. Book recaps unusual life of man behind kingsley plantation. Florida slave revised and expanded edition, university press of florida, 2018 florida british heritage trail tallahassee. 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. 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. Nathaniel millett, the maroons of prospect bluff and their quest for freedom in the atlantic world university press of florida general fiction. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner by daniel l. Jun 29, 2016 kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner zephaniah kingsley jr. Schafers biography includes books anna madgigine jai kingsley. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville.

Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator by daniel l. 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. Schafer is professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida. He believed in slavery and yet he also freed hundreds of slaves and became a voice for emancipation, says dr. 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. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and. A lost princess remembered in senegal the florida bookshelf.

Nov 12, 20 this extensively researched book captures zephaniah kingsley jr. Here, schafer provides a detailed account of the life and times of unorthodox slaveholder zephaniah kingsley. 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. Discover book depositorys huge selection of daniel l schafer books online. 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 an adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social philosopher who denounced segregation laws and yet defended. 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. 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.

A controversial figure for his views on manumission and his unorthodox marital arrangements, zephaniah kingsley jr. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world. His fathers mercantile pursuits carried young kingsley from bristol, england, to charleston, south carolina, and then, because zephaniah kingsley sr. 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. He is the author of several books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. Schafer published by university press of florida, united states 20. This is an audio summary of anna madgigine jai kingsley. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator and thunder on the river. 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.

African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, now available in a revised and expanded edition. Schafer weaves the tale of kingsleys life in painstaking detail based on thorough knowledge of primary and secondary sources. Directly south of the maam anna house stood a large well and a grove of purple and white fig trees. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida bronze. The proslavery writings of zephaniah kingsley florida history and culture and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Festival schedule florida heritage book festival and. William bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida university press of florida, 2010. Florida association of museum, 2014, with fred gaske zephaniah kingsley jr.

Shots were exchanged, and the pilot of the slave ship, genaro garay, received a flesh wound. This book is the product of prodigious research in archives. Kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts. In it, he traces how kingsley initially pursued a successful career in commerce, principally by trafficking enslaved africans or. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, and thunder on the river. 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. Schafer, professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida, is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley. For unfs dan schafer, local history is lifes work news. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

In the endless search for profits, planters, merchants, and other astute businessmen like zephaniah kingsley, jr. The civil war in northeast florida university press of florida, 2010. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator article january 20 with 54 reads how we measure reads. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator, zephaniah kingsley jr. The kingsley family, charleston, and the american revolution. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic. 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. Africa obscured the pervasiveness of atlantic world violence, death, and deception. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park ser.

Schafer, author of the awardwinning book, zephaniah kingsley jr. Kingsley plantation on fort george island is a special place for many locals. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardcover at. Daniel l schafer a biography of zephaniah kingsley jr. 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. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville magazine. May 16, 2018 schafers books include thunder on the river. 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 civil war in northeast florida, william bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida and zephaniah kingsley jr.

Copy from new hanover county will book ab, 248, in zephaniah. Because kingsley traveled to so much of the atlantic world, so too has his biographer. The world war ii liberty ship ss john gorrie was named in his honor. An adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social. Indeed, no place seemed to be off limits for such ventures. 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. Florida book awards for 2014 honor randy wayne white, others.