Book Report: Slavery In Florida
The book entitled Slavery In Florida was written in 2000 by Larry E. Rivers. Rivers is a professor of history at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He is also the author of more than twenty articles in refereed scholarly journals, including the Florida Historical Quarterly and the Journal of Negro History. His work has earned the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's Carter G. Woodson Award and the Florida Historical Society's Arthur W. Thompson Prize.
The book mainly focuses on the mid-19th century, shortly before Florida became part of the United States and the period thereafter until the Civil War. However, it does give a brief history which goes back to the 16th century. It gives an account of the Spanish journey to Florida, however it is argued that slaves in Florida were treated much better than slaves in the Old South. In fact, starting in 1683, Florida began to serve as a safe haven for runaway slaves from the South. When slaves ran......
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