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Black society in Spanish Florida / Jane Landers ; foreword by Peter H. Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landers, Jane.
- Series:
- Blacks in the New World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Florida--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Florida--Social conditions.
- Slavery--Florida--History.
- Slavery.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763.
- Florida.
- Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- The first extensive study of the African American community under colonial Spanish rule, Black Society in Spanish Florida provides a vital counterweight to the better-known dynamics of the Anglo slave South. Jane Landers draws on a wealth of untapped primary sources, opening a new vista on the black experience in America and enriching our understanding of the powerful links between race relations and cultural custom.
- Assisted by the corporate nature of Spanish society, Spain's medieval tradition of integration and assimilation, and the almost constant threat to Spanish sovereignty in Florida, multiple generations of Africans leveraged linguistic, military, diplomatic, and artisanal skills into citizenship and property rights. In this remote Spanish outpost, where they could become homesteaders, property owners, and entrepreneurs, blacks enjoyed more legal and social protection than they would again until almost two hundred years of Anglo history had passed.
- Contents:
- Precedents for Afro-Caribbean society in Florida
- The origins of a Florida sanctuary : Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose
- Transitions
- Black entrepreneurs and property-holders
- Black religious life
- The lives of Black women
- Slaves and the slave trade
- Crime and punishment
- Black military service
- Racial geopolitics and the demise of Spanish Florida.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-369) and index.
- ISBN:
- 025202446X
- 0252067533
- OCLC:
- 39546437
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