Zephaniah kingsley jr and the atlantic world book

Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator, university press of florida, 20 william bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida. An adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social. 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. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, and thunder on the river. Her father fought to be ruler in a dynastic clash, but lost. Schafer, professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida, is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley. I thought his first was terrific and i liked this current work even better. William bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida university press of florida, 2010. Coordinated by the florida state university libraries, the florida book awards is the nations most comprehensive state book awards program. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and. This book is a wonderful addition to schafers earlier work on anna madgigine jai kingsley, zephaniahs slave born wife.

Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator was published in november 20. Daniel l schafer a biography of zephaniah kingsley jr. Copy from new hanover county will book ab, 248, in zephaniah. He is also the author of several other books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator by daniel l. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles. 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.

Native american slavery in the seventeenth century. Florida association of museum, 2014, with fred gaske zephaniah kingsley jr. Inspired by the true life story of former slave anna madgigine jai kingsley. Shots were exchanged, and the pilot of the slave ship, genaro garay, received a flesh wound. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles in trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles kingsley as patriarch.

Schafer an adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social philosopher who denounced segregation laws and yet defended. His book may also soon by translated into french, which is spoken in senegal. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardcover at. December 4, 1765 september 14, 1843, a quaker born in england. The book is also a chronicle of the transatlantic slave trade and its impact in both africa and. His fathers mercantile pursuits carried young kingsley from bristol, england, to charleston, south carolina, and then, because zephaniah kingsley sr. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Schafer beautifully describes the exceedingly interesting, but, complex character of kingsley and the life and times of americas plantation era in which he lived. Eighth annual florida book award winners announced. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator and thunder on the river. In december, schafer hosted a 12member delegation from senegal as they traced anna kingsleys life in northeast.

If you have lived in northeast florida long enough, there is no doubt you have heard of or perhaps even visited kingsley plantation. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale. It was established in 2006 to celebrate the best florida. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic.

Schafer published by university press of florida schafer, daniel l. 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. African princess florida slave plantation slaveowner. Florida book awards for 2014 honor randy wayne white, others. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval. 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 became a ship captain engaged in atlantic commerce, buying sugar and coffee in the caribbean and slaves in africa, and exchanging british. The civil war in northeast florida university press of florida, 2010. 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. 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.

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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The world war ii liberty ship ss john gorrie was named in his honor. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida, 20. Volume 64 issue 1 ethnohistory duke university press. A lost princess remembered in senegal the florida bookshelf. Schafer, author of the awardwinning book, zephaniah kingsley jr. This extensively researched book captures zephaniah kingsley jr. He served on the florida territorial council after florida was acquired by the united states in. John gorrie dog park at riverside park in jacksonville, fl opened in the summer of 2016. He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner 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. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, now available in a revised and expanded edition. Kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. He is the author of several books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world by mark j. An alternative history of portugal and the portuguese. Discover book depositorys huge selection of daniel l schafer books online. 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.

Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park ser. 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. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. In it, he traces how kingsley initially pursued a successful career in commerce, principally by trafficking enslaved africans or. He believed in slavery and yet he also freed hundreds of slaves and became a voice for emancipation, says dr. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as cds or access codes.