Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation

by Larry Eugene Rivers

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An illustrated history of slavery tells what life was like for bond servants in Florida from 1821 to 1865.

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Larry Eugene Rivers is president of Fort Valley State University in central Georgia and the author of Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation.

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 975.9004 — History & geography History of North America Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states) Florida
LCC: E445 .F6 .R58 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

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