Gaspar,David Barry (Author) and Geggus,David P. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
262 p, examines several slave societies in the Greater Caribbean to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of the revolutionary age on the region. Built precariously on the exploitation of slave labor, organized according to the doctrine of racial discrimination, the plantation colonies were particularly vulnerable to the message of the French Revolution, which proved all the more potent because it coincided with the emergence of the antislavery movement in the Atlantic world and interacted with local traditions of resistance among the region's slaves, free coloreds, and white colonists.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
150 p, Contents: 1. The Significance of African and Indigenous Peoples' Contacts in the Americas -- 2. New Identities, New Alliances -- 3. The Promised Island: Andros, Bahamas -- 4. "We Reach": Bahamaland -- 5. De People Dem: Black Seminoles in the "Land behind God's Back" -- 6. Bahamian Black Seminole Identity -- 7. The Meaning of Heritage -- 8. Conclusion
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
290 p, The felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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197 p, In Miami, Lieutenant Gutierrez investigates gruesome, ceremonial killings by Santeria, an Afro-Caribbean cult. To solve the case he joins forces with a student who is writing a thesis on the subject. By the author of The Cuban-American Experience.
Colburn,David R. (Author) and Landers,Jane (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
Gainesville: University Press of Florida
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
392 p, Africans participated in all the Spanish explorations and settlements in Florida, as they did throughout the Spanish Americas. In Florida they helped establish St. Augustine and the free black community of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose. Africans and African Americans fought in the many conflicts that wracked Florida, including the three Seminole Wars and the Civil War. Despite the oppressions of slavery and segregation, black Floridians struggled to establish their own communities, combat racism and economic deprivation, and negotiate the terms of their labor. Against overwhelming odds, they helped develop communities like Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami, and they served as the critical labor force for the state's citrus, agricultural, and timber industries. For centuries, however, their heritage has been ignored. These twelve essays examine the rich and substantial African American heritage of Florida, documenting African American contributions to the state's history from the colonial era to the late twentieth century. (www.upf.com);
