Black society in Spanish Florida
By: Jane Landers ; foreword by Peter H. Wood.
Series: Blacks in the New World
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: African Americans -- Florida -- History; African Americans -- Florida -- Social conditions; Slavery -- Florida -- History; Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763; Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1784-1821
Description: See the appendices for genealogical information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-369) and index.
Table of contents: title: Precedents for Afro-Caribbean society in Florida; title: The origins of a Florida sanctuary : Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose; title: Transitions; title: Black entrepreneurs and property-holders; title: Black religious life; title: The lives of Black women; title: Slaves and the slave trade; title: Crime and punishment; title: Black military service; title: Racial geopolitics and the demise of Spanish Florida.