Culture, Power, and Society (Fall 2008)

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African-Americans Argument for Slavery in Florida Black History Creeks Crime/Violence Diseases in Native Tribes Eatonville Slave Trade Slavery Women Womens Suffrage Organization Zephaniah Kingsley african americans art plantation school
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Episodes

  1. The Other Side of The Slave Trade
    date 1845map ALCHUA, Floridatags Slave Trade, Slavery

    A letter from Geo B. Matthew to Lord Stanley in 1845 gives us a unique insight into the way in which the slave trade was operated. Matthew gives reports of ships with "Colored" crews that have been wrecked and the crews were sold into slavery. The letter also shows us a comparison between slaves in the United States, as compared to other parts in the world. As opposed to obtaining slaves directly...

  2. Creek Trouble With Americanization
    date 1797map Southwest Territory, Southwest Territorytags Creeks, Crime/Violence

    A letter from Tennessee Governor John Sevier from 1797 emphasizes the tension between the Cherokee nation and white settlers. We begin to see retaliation from the Cherokee people who have become untrusting of White people. The attempt of whites to gain a sense of trust from the Cherokees is also evident. The Cherokees were very protective of their tribal lands, and after the murder...

  3. The Lasting Tradition of Eatonville
    date 1898map ORANGE, Floridatags Eatonville, Black History

    A report on the Eatonville Farmers' Conference by a speaker from the conference Nathalie Lord shows that the meeting was geared towards continuing the goals and dreams set forth at the establishment of the Hungerford School and the town of Eatonville. At the conference, the town came to their resolutions regarding the direction of the school through the democratic process. They concluded...

  4. Bessie Coleman: inspiration from the sky
    date April 26, 1926map Duval, Floridatags African-Americans, Women

    Bessie Coleman unbuckled her seatbelt, she needed to be prepared for tomorrow's big parachute jump over Jacksonville, she wanted to get used to not having it on. Willie had seen these maneuvers before – Bessie loved to push the envelope and keep everyone on the edge of their seats, and that included her manager Willie. Bessie didn't know if she quite trusted this new plane yet. She had just bought...

  5. Zephaniah Kingsley and His Treatise on a Patriarchal Society
    date 1829map Florida, Floridatags Zephaniah Kingsley, Argument for Slavery in Florida

    Zephaniah Kingsley was a plantation owner on Fort George Island, now Jacksonville, FL. In his "Treatise of Patriarchal, or Co-operative System of Society", Kingsley spoke of the use of slaves in southern states as the only answer to agricultural production because the white people of the region were not created to work within the area. He used the argument of many slave holders of the time; that whites...

  6. Susan B. Anthony's Personal Letter on Funding
    date May 25, 1897map MONROE, New Yorktags Womens Suffrage Organization

    In a letter to Mrs. Gross, Susan B. Anthony discussed her plans for raising money for Woman's suffrage and the current actions of the International Council of Women. A woman she spoke about throughout her letter was Reverend Anna Shaw, noting her array of lectures throughout the North. Reverend Shaw was an ordained Methodist minister, physician, temperance lecturer, woman's suffrage speaker, and peace...

  7. Seminole Misison in the Everglades, 1900
    date November, 1899 to November, 1900map MONROE, Floridatags Diseases in Native Tribes

    Throughout Florida during the early centuries of the colonization of America, Native Americans tribes dominated the Everglade region, mainly the Seminoles. With this came the need for missions in order to civilize and absorb the Indians into American society. H. Gibbs, a missionary in Florida during the early 1900s, wrote of the alcoholism and diseases that plagued the Natives after white settlers...

  8. The Hannibal Square Elementary School
    date February 11, 1883 to January 18, 1887map ORANGE, Florida, POLK, Floridatags african americans, school

    Location: Winter Park, Florida Date: 1883/02/11 Tags: First African American Public School In 1883, Hannibal Square Elementary School was the first public school for African American children, which was located in Winter Park, Florida. On February 11th, 1890, a brand new facility was established. The facility included Loring A. Chase, founder of Winter Park and philanthropist and S. A. Williams who...

  9. The Kingsley Plantation
    date March 7, 1814 to March 5, 1815map Florida, Floridatags plantation, Zephaniah Kingsley

    In the early years of the nineteenth century many people came to Spanish Florida. Some were forced to come to Florida to work on plantations and others like Zephaniah Kingsley sought to make their own fortunes by obtaining land and establishing those plantations. During this time alliances and politics were shifting and though some of the enslaved would later become free landowners, they had to watch...

  10. The Tampa Museum of Art and it's History
    date January 1, 1899 to March 8, 1900map POLK, Floridatags art, African-Americans

    The Tampa Museum of Art reveals the history and diversity of works by black artists. There are many pieces of work that date all the way back to the 1850s. While there are primarily African American artists in the museum there are also White artists. The museum includes major artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, and Henry O. Tanner. Though many of the dates are approximate on...

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