Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley

by Schafer, Daniel L.

• ISBN13: 9780813035543
• ISBN10: 0813035546
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-05
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

"Provides an unexpectedly thorough account that traces the life of a woman from a Wolof village in Senegal, across the Atlantic via the middle passage, to a Florida community of African slaves and white slave owners."--Southern Historian "An absorbing account of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley, an African woman who was enslaved, forcibly transported to Florida, held in bondage, freed, and married to her white master; she bore several of his children and then rose to prominence as a slaveholder. . . . Brings a wider understanding to the lives of enslaved and free women in the nineteenth century South."--Journal of American History "Contributes to a growing literature on the possibilities for slave women's emancipation, especially in Spanish territory, and for propertied womenrs"s social and economic power in the Old South."--Journal of Southern History "Reminds the reader of the variations of the slave experience, the possibilities of forging racial bonds, and the debilitating effects of the racial divide in American society."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "Fosters understanding of the differences and similarities in the institution of slavery, in the distinction between free and enslaved, and in attitudes of racial prejudice between Spanish Florida and the United States."--North Carolina Historical Review

Author Biography

Daniel L. Schafer is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

Table of Contents

List of Maps & Photographs	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Senegal: Anta Majigeen Ndiaye	p. 4
Havana: Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr.	p. 20
Laurel Grove: Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley	p. 27
The Patriot War	p. 35
Fort George Island	p. 45
Refuge in Haiti and Return to Florida	p. 66
A Free Black Community in a Time of Race Hysteria	p. 77
Final Flight: The American Civil War	p. 101
Final Years	p. 111
A Personal Postscript	p. 122
Appendix: The Last Will and Testament of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley	p. 129
Notes	p. 133
Bibliography	p. 155
Index	p. 169
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