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Manuscript Copy of "The Florida Negro" by the Florida Writers' Project, ca. 1938
Page
of 170
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1585
Description
Manuscript copy of "The Florida Negro" with research and interviews documenting the history and experiences of Black Floridians. The manuscript includes interviews with formerly enslaved individuals, work songs and information about religion, communities, notable figures and other topics.
Date
1938 (circa)
Format
Coverage
Topic
Subjects
Abraham
Abraham, Henry N.
Abraham, Malvinia Stuke
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
African Americans -- Florida
African Americans -- Florida -- History
African Americans -- Florida -- Interviews
Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
Alden, George J., b. ca. 1833
Alpha Tennis Club (Tampa, Fla.)
Alton, C. H.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
Andrews, Samuel Parson
Anthony, William Lee
Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching
Atlanta University
Austin, Phoebe
Avery, J. Campbell, Jr.
Baker, Charles
Barber, Estella
Barnard College
Battle of Olustee (Olustee, Florida : 1864)
Belief and custom
Benedict, Mr.
Bennett, Kate
Benny's Place (Hernando County, Fla.)
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Big House (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Bob, Uncle
Boger, C. H., Jr.
Boger, C. H., Sr.
Booker T. Washington School (Miami, Fla.)
Bradley, Jim
Brown, Aaron
Bryant, William (enslaved person)
Bull, George
Butterfield, John
Cairo, A. B.
Call, C. F.
Carnival -- Florida -- Escambia County -- Pensacola
Carr, Jane
Carr, Tom
Carr, William A.
Carr, Willie
Carter, Aharte
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Clara White Mission (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Clarke, Joe
Clayton, Florida
Clinch, Duncan Lamont, 1787-1849
Clyde-Mallory Lines (Firm)
Coacoochee, 1807-1857
Cole, Bob, 1868-1911
Columbia University
Community Chest (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Constitutional Convention (Tallahassee, Fla. : 1868)
Cooke, Lewis
Cookman Institute (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Creek Indians
Creswell, John A. J.
Crooms, L. B.
Crowell, Archie
Crump, Walter
Dancer, W. E., 1884-1934
Dartmouth College
Davidson, Peter H., Sr.
Dorantes de Carranza, Andrés, 16th cent
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
DuPont, Augustus
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Durkeeville (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Eaton, Josiah C.
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Edward Waters College
Edwards, Russ
Elijah, Zeb
Estevan, d. 1539
Ethnicity, African American
Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida
Fisk University
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936
Flipse, S. Jay
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida Normal Institute
Florida Normal and Industrial Institute
Florida State College for Women
Florida State Hospital
Florida State Prison (Raiford)
Florida Tennis Association
Florida. Board of Control
Florida. Governor (1868-1873 : Reed)
Florida. Governor (1873-1874 : Hart)
Florida. Governor (1874-1877 : Stearns)
Florida. Governor (1885-1889 : Perry)
Florida. State Board of Education
Floyd, Arthur
Folk music
Folklore
Folsom, Bryant
Folsom, Thomas
Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928
Freund, Mr.
Furchgott and Benedict (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Gagner, Richard
Gagnet, John
Gaspar, José, 1756-1821
Gasparilla Carnival (Tampa, Fla.)
Gibbs, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Clarkson), 1831-1874
Gibbs, Thomas Van Renssaler
Gleason, William Henry, 1829-1902
Golder, Ruben
Grace United Methodist Church (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Grand Palais (Paris, France)
Grant, James
Green's (Pensacola, Fla.)
Green, John
Hall, John
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919
Harrison Brothers Furniture Company (Pensacola, Fla.)
Hart, Ossian Bingley, 1821-1874
Harvard University
Hawkins, Rufus
Held, Anna, 1872-1918
Hendricks, McKinley
Heywood, John C.
Hohman, Johann Georg
Howard University
Howard, Minnie
Howard, William A.
Hungerford School (Eatonville, Fla.)
Hurston, John, b. 1861
Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960
Irwin, May, 1862-1938
Isham, John William, 1866-1902
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Jackson, Edmund
Jackson, Rachel
Jacksonville (Fla.). City Prison Farm
Jacksonville Conservatory of Music
Jenkins, Samuel
Johnson, Helen Louise Dillet, 1842-1919
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Johnson, James, b. 1830
Johnson, Nora Ethel Floyd, 1893-1969
Jones, Simon
Joseph W. Stearn and Company
Julius Rosenwald Fund
July, Uncle
KKK
Kahn, Mr.
Kerrison, Mr.
Kilgo, Mr.
Kingsley, Anna, 1793-1870
Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843
Klaw & Erlanger
Knights of Pythias
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
L'Engle, E. J.
Lawrence, H. W.
LeMoyne Junior College (Memphis, Tenn.)
Leaphart, George
Ledwith, Thomas A.
Lee, John Robert Edward, 1870-1944
Liberty Square (Miami, Fla.)
Lincoln Golf Club (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lund, Mrs.
MacMillan, Edward
Machin's East Side (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Machin's Place (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Manuel's (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Marco, da Nizza, approximately 1495-1558
Matthews, R. H.
May Day
Meacham, Robert, 1835-1902
Meharry Medical College
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Micanopy, Seminole chief
Mikasuki Indians
Miller, Hamp
Mitchell, Judge
Montiano, Manuel de
Mount Olive Church (Orlando, Fla.)
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Music and folklore
Nail, John
Narvaez, Panfilo de, d. 1528
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
New Amsterdam Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
New Deal, 1933-1939
New England Conservatory of Music
New York Public Library
New York University
Nimrod, Mr.
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alar, 16th cent
Odd Fellows Hall (Pensacola, Fla.)
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785
Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838
Overstreet, Jake
Pacheco, Louis Fatio
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Pender, Tom
Perry, B. L.
Perry, Edward Aylsworth, 1831-1889
Pittsburgh Courier (Firm)
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Princeton Theological Seminary
Prisoners' songs
Proctor, George
Proctor, Nancy
Purcell, I. L.
Race discrimination -- Florida
Raines, Joseph
Raymond's Place (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Reed, Arthur M.
Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899
Rivera, Manuel
Roberts Grocery Company (Pensacola, Fla.)
Roberts, Daniel W., 1866-1919
Robeson, Allen Thompson
Rolfe, Daniel
Roundtree, Nelson
Royal Victoria Hotel (Nassau, Bahamas)
Rutgers, Henry
Saint James Hotel (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Saint Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church (Eatonville, Fla.)
Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lincolnville, Fla.)
Sanders, Joe
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
Scilpin, George
Scott, John Robert, Sr.
Seacoffee, Creek chief
Second Seminole War (United States : 1835-1842)
Seminole Indians
Sentinel Publishing Company
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
Sheehee, Mr.
Sheppard, Bob
Simms, John
Slave narratives -- Florida
Slavery -- Florida -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Smith, Cato
Songs, Blues
South Florida Fair
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Spears, J.
Stanton High School (Jacksonville, Fla.)
State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy, 1839-1891
Sylvester, Joe
Talladega College
Thomas, Lawson
Thomas, Robert
Thomas, Robert T.
Thomas, W. Carey
Thompson, J. D.
Tucker, Thomas deSaille
Tucker, Thomas deSaille
Tuskegee Institute
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams)
United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren)
United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler)
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
United States. Work Projects Administration
United States. Works Progress Administration
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Walker, Jonathan, 1799-1878
Walker, Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb), b. 1873
Wall, Perry
Washington, F. E.
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Western Union Telegraph Company
Williams, John
Willis (enslaved person)
Wilson, Eliza J.
Witherspoon, George Washington
Woodward, Sydney
Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
Yamassee Indians
Young, Nathan B., 1862-1933
Young, Nathan B., Jr.
Young, W. B.
Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932
Abraham, Henry N.
Abraham, Malvinia Stuke
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
African Americans -- Florida
African Americans -- Florida -- History
African Americans -- Florida -- Interviews
Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
Alden, George J., b. ca. 1833
Alpha Tennis Club (Tampa, Fla.)
Alton, C. H.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
Andrews, Samuel Parson
Anthony, William Lee
Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching
Atlanta University
Austin, Phoebe
Avery, J. Campbell, Jr.
Baker, Charles
Barber, Estella
Barnard College
Battle of Olustee (Olustee, Florida : 1864)
Belief and custom
Benedict, Mr.
Bennett, Kate
Benny's Place (Hernando County, Fla.)
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Big House (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Bob, Uncle
Boger, C. H., Jr.
Boger, C. H., Sr.
Booker T. Washington School (Miami, Fla.)
Bradley, Jim
Brown, Aaron
Bryant, William (enslaved person)
Bull, George
Butterfield, John
Cairo, A. B.
Call, C. F.
Carnival -- Florida -- Escambia County -- Pensacola
Carr, Jane
Carr, Tom
Carr, William A.
Carr, Willie
Carter, Aharte
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Clara White Mission (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Clarke, Joe
Clayton, Florida
Clinch, Duncan Lamont, 1787-1849
Clyde-Mallory Lines (Firm)
Coacoochee, 1807-1857
Cole, Bob, 1868-1911
Columbia University
Community Chest (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Constitutional Convention (Tallahassee, Fla. : 1868)
Cooke, Lewis
Cookman Institute (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Creek Indians
Creswell, John A. J.
Crooms, L. B.
Crowell, Archie
Crump, Walter
Dancer, W. E., 1884-1934
Dartmouth College
Davidson, Peter H., Sr.
Dorantes de Carranza, Andrés, 16th cent
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
DuPont, Augustus
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Durkeeville (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Eaton, Josiah C.
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Edward Waters College
Edwards, Russ
Elijah, Zeb
Estevan, d. 1539
Ethnicity, African American
Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida
Fisk University
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936
Flipse, S. Jay
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida Normal Institute
Florida Normal and Industrial Institute
Florida State College for Women
Florida State Hospital
Florida State Prison (Raiford)
Florida Tennis Association
Florida. Board of Control
Florida. Governor (1868-1873 : Reed)
Florida. Governor (1873-1874 : Hart)
Florida. Governor (1874-1877 : Stearns)
Florida. Governor (1885-1889 : Perry)
Florida. State Board of Education
Floyd, Arthur
Folk music
Folklore
Folsom, Bryant
Folsom, Thomas
Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928
Freund, Mr.
Furchgott and Benedict (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Gagner, Richard
Gagnet, John
Gaspar, José, 1756-1821
Gasparilla Carnival (Tampa, Fla.)
Gibbs, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Clarkson), 1831-1874
Gibbs, Thomas Van Renssaler
Gleason, William Henry, 1829-1902
Golder, Ruben
Grace United Methodist Church (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Grand Palais (Paris, France)
Grant, James
Green's (Pensacola, Fla.)
Green, John
Hall, John
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919
Harrison Brothers Furniture Company (Pensacola, Fla.)
Hart, Ossian Bingley, 1821-1874
Harvard University
Hawkins, Rufus
Held, Anna, 1872-1918
Hendricks, McKinley
Heywood, John C.
Hohman, Johann Georg
Howard University
Howard, Minnie
Howard, William A.
Hungerford School (Eatonville, Fla.)
Hurston, John, b. 1861
Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960
Irwin, May, 1862-1938
Isham, John William, 1866-1902
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Jackson, Edmund
Jackson, Rachel
Jacksonville (Fla.). City Prison Farm
Jacksonville Conservatory of Music
Jenkins, Samuel
Johnson, Helen Louise Dillet, 1842-1919
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Johnson, James, b. 1830
Johnson, Nora Ethel Floyd, 1893-1969
Jones, Simon
Joseph W. Stearn and Company
Julius Rosenwald Fund
July, Uncle
KKK
Kahn, Mr.
Kerrison, Mr.
Kilgo, Mr.
Kingsley, Anna, 1793-1870
Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843
Klaw & Erlanger
Knights of Pythias
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
L'Engle, E. J.
Lawrence, H. W.
LeMoyne Junior College (Memphis, Tenn.)
Leaphart, George
Ledwith, Thomas A.
Lee, John Robert Edward, 1870-1944
Liberty Square (Miami, Fla.)
Lincoln Golf Club (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lund, Mrs.
MacMillan, Edward
Machin's East Side (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Machin's Place (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Manuel's (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Marco, da Nizza, approximately 1495-1558
Matthews, R. H.
May Day
Meacham, Robert, 1835-1902
Meharry Medical College
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Micanopy, Seminole chief
Mikasuki Indians
Miller, Hamp
Mitchell, Judge
Montiano, Manuel de
Mount Olive Church (Orlando, Fla.)
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Music and folklore
Nail, John
Narvaez, Panfilo de, d. 1528
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
New Amsterdam Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
New Deal, 1933-1939
New England Conservatory of Music
New York Public Library
New York University
Nimrod, Mr.
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alar, 16th cent
Odd Fellows Hall (Pensacola, Fla.)
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785
Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838
Overstreet, Jake
Pacheco, Louis Fatio
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Pender, Tom
Perry, B. L.
Perry, Edward Aylsworth, 1831-1889
Pittsburgh Courier (Firm)
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Princeton Theological Seminary
Prisoners' songs
Proctor, George
Proctor, Nancy
Purcell, I. L.
Race discrimination -- Florida
Raines, Joseph
Raymond's Place (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Reed, Arthur M.
Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899
Rivera, Manuel
Roberts Grocery Company (Pensacola, Fla.)
Roberts, Daniel W., 1866-1919
Robeson, Allen Thompson
Rolfe, Daniel
Roundtree, Nelson
Royal Victoria Hotel (Nassau, Bahamas)
Rutgers, Henry
Saint James Hotel (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Saint Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church (Eatonville, Fla.)
Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lincolnville, Fla.)
Sanders, Joe
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
Scilpin, George
Scott, John Robert, Sr.
Seacoffee, Creek chief
Second Seminole War (United States : 1835-1842)
Seminole Indians
Sentinel Publishing Company
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
Sheehee, Mr.
Sheppard, Bob
Simms, John
Slave narratives -- Florida
Slavery -- Florida -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Smith, Cato
Songs, Blues
South Florida Fair
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Spears, J.
Stanton High School (Jacksonville, Fla.)
State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy, 1839-1891
Sylvester, Joe
Talladega College
Thomas, Lawson
Thomas, Robert
Thomas, Robert T.
Thomas, W. Carey
Thompson, J. D.
Tucker, Thomas deSaille
Tucker, Thomas deSaille
Tuskegee Institute
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams)
United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren)
United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler)
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
United States. Work Projects Administration
United States. Works Progress Administration
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Walker, Jonathan, 1799-1878
Walker, Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb), b. 1873
Wall, Perry
Washington, F. E.
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Western Union Telegraph Company
Williams, John
Willis (enslaved person)
Wilson, Eliza J.
Witherspoon, George Washington
Woodward, Sydney
Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
Yamassee Indians
Young, Nathan B., 1862-1933
Young, Nathan B., Jr.
Young, W. B.
Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932
Geographic Term
Azemmour (Morocco)
Saint Augustine
Saint Johns County
Fort Mose Site
East Florida
Apalachicola River
Saint Marks
Wakulla County
Gulf of Mexico
Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.)
Fort Blount (Columbia County, Fla.)
Amelia Island
Nassau County
Fort George Island
Duval County
Saint Johns River
Jacksonville
Mandarin
Columbia County
Madison County
Jackson County
Pensacola
Escambia County
El Destino Plantation
Jefferson County
Tallahassee
Leon County
Hanson Plantation
Lopez Plantation
Quincy
Gadsden County
Tampa
Hillsborough County
Warrington
Yukon
Sanderson Plantation
Mulberry Grove Plantation
Harrison Plantation
Tampa Bay
Daytona Beach
Volusia County
Live Oak
Suwannee County
Key West
Monroe County
Ocala
Marion County
Miami
Miami-Dade County
Everglades
Nassau (Bahamas)
Haiti
Africa
Fort Lauderdale
Broward County
Orlando
Orange County
Palm Beach County
Lake City
Chattahoochee
Gadsden County
Raiford
Union County
Apalachicola River
Monticello
Cone Plantation
Campbell Plantation
Pamell Plantation
Lenton Plantation
Athens (Ga.)
Richmond (Va.)
Pelham (Ga.)
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Plant City
Saint Petersburg
Pinellas County
Fernandina
Port Tampa
Fort Pierce
Saint Lucie County
Winter Haven
Polk County
Levy County
Clewiston
Hendry County
Belle Glade
Brooksville
Hernando County
Lakeland
Manning (S.C.)
Lawtey
Bradford County
Eatonville
Maitland
Mobile (Ala.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Tuskeegee (Ala.)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Washington (D.C.)
Hartford (Conn.)
New York City (N.Y.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Green Cove Springs
Clay County
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Fontainebleau (France)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Lynchburg (Va.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Punta Gorda
Charlotte County
Corinto (Nicaragua)
Boston (Mass.)
Winter Garden
Montgomery (Ala.)
Madison
Martin
Manhatten Beach
New Orleans (La.)
Havana (Cuba)
Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Toledo (Ohio)
Detroit (Mich.)
Saint Augustine
Saint Johns County
Fort Mose Site
East Florida
Apalachicola River
Saint Marks
Wakulla County
Gulf of Mexico
Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.)
Fort Blount (Columbia County, Fla.)
Amelia Island
Nassau County
Fort George Island
Duval County
Saint Johns River
Jacksonville
Mandarin
Columbia County
Madison County
Jackson County
Pensacola
Escambia County
El Destino Plantation
Jefferson County
Tallahassee
Leon County
Hanson Plantation
Lopez Plantation
Quincy
Gadsden County
Tampa
Hillsborough County
Warrington
Yukon
Sanderson Plantation
Mulberry Grove Plantation
Harrison Plantation
Tampa Bay
Daytona Beach
Volusia County
Live Oak
Suwannee County
Key West
Monroe County
Ocala
Marion County
Miami
Miami-Dade County
Everglades
Nassau (Bahamas)
Haiti
Africa
Fort Lauderdale
Broward County
Orlando
Orange County
Palm Beach County
Lake City
Chattahoochee
Gadsden County
Raiford
Union County
Apalachicola River
Monticello
Cone Plantation
Campbell Plantation
Pamell Plantation
Lenton Plantation
Athens (Ga.)
Richmond (Va.)
Pelham (Ga.)
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Plant City
Saint Petersburg
Pinellas County
Fernandina
Port Tampa
Fort Pierce
Saint Lucie County
Winter Haven
Polk County
Levy County
Clewiston
Hendry County
Belle Glade
Brooksville
Hernando County
Lakeland
Manning (S.C.)
Lawtey
Bradford County
Eatonville
Maitland
Mobile (Ala.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Tuskeegee (Ala.)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Washington (D.C.)
Hartford (Conn.)
New York City (N.Y.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Green Cove Springs
Clay County
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Fontainebleau (France)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Lynchburg (Va.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Punta Gorda
Charlotte County
Corinto (Nicaragua)
Boston (Mass.)
Winter Garden
Montgomery (Ala.)
Madison
Martin
Manhatten Beach
New Orleans (La.)
Havana (Cuba)
Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Toledo (Ohio)
Detroit (Mich.)
General Note
The Florida Writers’ Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed historians, librarians and writers to document the history and culture of the state. Carita Doggett Corse was the director of the FWP from its creation in 1935 until the program ended in 1942. Soon after its creation, the FWP began hiring a small number of Black fieldworkers for a project intended to document the experiences of Black Floridians. Martin Richardson, Viola Muse, Pearl Randolph, L. Rebecca Baker, Paul Diggs, Alfred Farrell, and author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston were among those fieldworkers who were hired to work on this project. Fieldworkers wrote reports, gathered historical research and conducted interviews with turpentine workers, authors, community members and formerly-enslaved individuals throughout the state. Some of this fieldwork was intended for publication in “The Florida Negro.” Though the manuscript went through extensive editing during the late 1930s, the document was never published by the FWP. The manuscript copy here was collected and preserved by folklorist Stetson Kennedy, who worked for the FWP. Other original records created by the FWP can be found in the collections at the Florida Historical Society and at the University of Florida, including additional drafts of “The Florida Negro.”
Title
Manuscript Copy of "The Florida Negro" by the Florida Writers' Project, ca. 1938
Subject
Seminole Indians
Creek Indians
Yamassee Indians
Mikasuki Indians
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Second Seminole War (United States : 1835-1842)
Battle of Olustee (Olustee, Florida : 1864)
Music and folklore
Ethnicity, African American
Prisoners' songs
Songs, Blues
Folk music
Belief and custom
Folklore
African Americans -- Florida
African Americans -- Florida -- Interviews
Race discrimination -- Florida
Slavery -- Florida -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Slave narratives -- Florida
New Deal, 1933-1939
African Americans -- Florida -- History
Constitutional Convention (Tallahassee, Fla. : 1868)
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
May Day
Carnival -- Florida -- Escambia County -- Pensacola
Description
Manuscript copy of "The Florida Negro" with research and interviews documenting the history and experiences of Black Floridians. The manuscript includes interviews with formerly enslaved individuals, work songs and information about religion, communities, notable figures and other topics.
Creator
Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1585
Date
1938 (circa)
Contributor
Nickerson, Margrett
Duck, Mama
Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843
Barber, Estella
Format
manuscripts (documents)
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
s1585_b003_f12_02
Coverage
Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)
Geographic Term
Azemmour (Morocco)
Saint Augustine (Fla.)
Saint Johns County (Fla.)
Fort Mose Site (Fla.)
East Florida
Apalachicola River (Fla.)
Saint Marks (Fla.)
Wakulla County (Fla.)
Gulf of Mexico
Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.)
Fort Blount (Columbia County, Fla.)
Amelia Island (Fla.)
Nassau County (Fla.)
Fort George Island (Fla.)
Duval County (Fla.)
Saint Johns River (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Mandarin (Fla.)
Columbia County (Fla.)
Madison County (Fla.)
Jackson County (Fla.)
Pensacola (Fla.)
Escambia County (Fla.)
El Destino Plantation (Fla.)
Jefferson County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Leon County (Fla.)
Hanson Plantation (Fla.)
Lopez Plantation (Fla.)
Quincy (Fla.)
Gadsden County (Fla.)
Tampa (Fla.)
Hillsborough County (Fla.)
Warrington (Fla.)
Yukon (Fla.)
Sanderson Plantation (Fla.)
Mulberry Grove Plantation (Fla.)
Harrison Plantation (Fla.)
Tampa Bay (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
Volusia County (Fla.)
Live Oak (Fla.)
Suwannee County (Fla.)
Key West (Fla.)
Monroe County (Fla.)
Ocala (Fla.)
Marion County (Fla.)
Miami (Fla.)
Miami-Dade County (Fla.)
Everglades (Fla.)
Nassau (Bahamas)
Haiti
Africa
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)
Broward County (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Palm Beach County (Fla.)
Lake City (Fla.)
Chattahoochee (Fla.)
Gadsden County (Fla.)
Raiford (Fla.)
Union County (Fla.)
Apalachicola River (Fla.)
Monticello (Fla.)
Cone Plantation (Fla.)
Campbell Plantation (Fla.)
Pamell Plantation (Fla.)
Lenton Plantation (Fla.)
Athens (Ga.)
Richmond (Va.)
Pelham (Ga.)
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Plant City (Fla.)
Saint Petersburg (Fla.)
Pinellas County (Fla.)
Fernandina (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Fort Pierce (Fla.)
Saint Lucie County (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Polk County (Fla.)
Levy County (Fla.)
Clewiston (Fla.)
Hendry County (Fla.)
Belle Glade (Fla.)
Brooksville (Fla.)
Hernando County (Fla.)
Lakeland (Fla.)
Manning (S.C.)
Lawtey (Fla.)
Bradford County (Fla.)
Eatonville (Fla.)
Maitland (Fla.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Tuskeegee (Ala.)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Washington (D.C.)
Hartford (Conn.)
New York City (N.Y.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Green Cove Springs (Fla.)
Clay County (Fla.)
Palm Beach (Fla.)
West Palm Beach (Fla.)
Fontainebleau (France)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Lynchburg (Va.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Punta Gorda (Fla.)
Charlotte County (Fla.)
Corinto (Nicaragua)
Boston (Mass.)
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Madison (Fla.)
Martin (Fla.)
Manhatten Beach (Fla.)
New Orleans (La.)
Havana (Cuba)
Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Toledo (Ohio)
Detroit (Mich.)
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topic
Arts and Culture
Subject - Corporate
United States. Work Projects Administration
Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren)
United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler)
Florida Normal Institute
Stanton High School (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Cookman Institute (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Edward Waters College
State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Grace United Methodist Church (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Florida. Governor (1868-1873 : Reed)
Booker T. Washington School (Miami, Fla.)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Florida Normal and Industrial Institute
Florida East Coast Railway
Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching
Florida State Hospital
Clara White Mission (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Community Chest (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Florida State Prison (Raiford)
United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams)
Clyde-Mallory Lines (Firm)
Jacksonville (Fla.). City Prison Farm
Hungerford School (Eatonville, Fla.)
Saint Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church (Eatonville, Fla.)
Mount Olive Church (Orlando, Fla.)
Roberts Grocery Company (Pensacola, Fla.)
Green's (Pensacola, Fla.)
Harrison Brothers Furniture Company (Pensacola, Fla.)
Western Union Telegraph Company
Florida. Governor (1885-1889 : Perry)
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Florida. State Board of Education
Florida State College for Women
Florida. Board of Control
Julius Rosenwald Fund
Meharry Medical College
LeMoyne Junior College (Memphis, Tenn.)
Howard University
South Florida Fair
Grand Palais (Paris, France)
New York Public Library
Florida. Governor (1873-1874 : Hart)
Tuskegee Institute
Pittsburgh Courier (Firm)
Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lincolnville, Fla.)
Knights of Pythias
Dartmouth College
Princeton Theological Seminary
Florida. Governor (1874-1877 : Stearns)
Royal Victoria Hotel (Nassau, Bahamas)
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Atlanta University
Harvard University
Saint James Hotel (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Talladega College
Columbia University
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Fisk University
New York University
New England Conservatory of Music
Jacksonville Conservatory of Music
Furchgott and Benedict (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Joseph W. Stearn and Company
Klaw & Erlanger
New Amsterdam Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Sentinel Publishing Company
Barnard College
Liberty Square (Miami, Fla.)
Durkeeville (Jacksonville, Fla.)
United States. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Benny's Place (Hernando County, Fla.)
Florida Tennis Association
Lincoln Golf Club (Jacksonville, Fla.)
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Alpha Tennis Club (Tampa, Fla.)
Gasparilla Carnival (Tampa, Fla.)
United States. Works Progress Administration
Odd Fellows Hall (Pensacola, Fla.)
Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
Raymond's Place (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Machin's Place (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Manuel's (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Machin's East Side (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Big House (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Subject - Person
Narvaez, Panfilo de, d. 1528
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alar, 16th cent
Estevan, d. 1539
Dorantes de Carranza, Andrés, 16th cent
Marco, da Nizza, approximately 1495-1558
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785
Montiano, Manuel de
Seacoffee, Creek chief
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Clinch, Duncan Lamont, 1787-1849
Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
Coacoochee, 1807-1857
Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838
Pacheco, Louis Fatio
Micanopy, Seminole chief
Abraham
Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843
Kingsley, Anna, 1793-1870
Walker, Jonathan, 1799-1878
Meacham, Robert, 1835-1902
Proctor, George
Proctor, Nancy
Rutgers, Henry
Bryant, William (enslaved person)
Reed, Arthur M.
Gibbs, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Clarkson), 1831-1874
Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899
Scott, John Robert, Sr.
Davidson, Peter H., Sr.
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928
Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
Flipse, S. Jay
Folsom, Thomas
Folsom, Bryant
Smith, Cato
Andrews, Samuel Parson
Clayton, Florida
Nimrod, Mr.
Sheehee, Mr.
Bob, Uncle
July, Uncle
Carr, William A.
Kilgo, Mr.
Howard, Minnie
Austin, Phoebe
Jackson, Rachel
Jackson, Edmund
Sanders, Joe
Carr, Tom
Carr, Willie
Heywood, John C.
Bull, George
Carr, Jane
Overstreet, Jake
Green, John
Golder, Ruben
Bradley, Jim
Sylvester, Joe
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Wall, Perry
Bennett, Kate
Abraham, Henry N.
Abraham, Malvinia Stuke
Miller, Hamp
Edwards, Russ
Barber, Estella
Lawrence, H. W.
Eaton, Josiah C.
Clarke, Joe
Boger, C. H., Sr.
Boger, C. H., Jr.
Pender, Tom
Hurston, John, b. 1861
Perry, B. L.
Gagnet, John
Thompson, J. D.
Cairo, A. B.
Baker, Charles
Jones, Simon
Willis (enslaved person)
Tucker, Thomas deSaille
Perry, Edward Aylsworth, 1831-1889
Witherspoon, George Washington
Crowell, Archie
Scilpin, George
Cooke, Lewis
Williams, John
Sheppard, Bob
Thomas, Robert
Gagner, Richard
Butterfield, John
DuPont, Augustus
Wilson, Eliza J.
Elijah, Zeb
Matthews, R. H.
Brown, Aaron
Hall, John
Raines, Joseph
Crooms, L. B.
Washington, F. E.
Mitchell, Judge
Avery, J. Campbell, Jr.
Call, C. F.
Thomas, Robert T.
Alton, C. H.
Purcell, I. L.
Spears, J.
Lee, John Robert Edward, 1870-1944
Tucker, Thomas deSaille
Gibbs, Thomas Van Renssaler
Young, Nathan B., 1862-1933
Howard, William A.
Rolfe, Daniel
Hawkins, Rufus
Floyd, Arthur
MacMillan, Edward
Hendricks, McKinley
Jenkins, Samuel
Grant, James
Thomas, Lawson
Young, Nathan B., Jr.
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
Nail, John
Crump, Walter
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Gleason, William Henry, 1829-1902
Anthony, William Lee
Creswell, John A. J.
Hart, Ossian Bingley, 1821-1874
Carter, Aharte
Roberts, Daniel W., 1866-1919
Leaphart, George
Alden, George J., b. ca. 1833
Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy, 1839-1891
Johnson, Helen Louise Dillet, 1842-1919
Johnson, James, b. 1830
Ledwith, Thomas A.
L'Engle, E. J.
Young, W. B.
Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936
Isham, John William, 1866-1902
Woodward, Sydney
Kerrison, Mr.
Kahn, Mr.
Lund, Mrs.
Benedict, Mr.
Freund, Mr.
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919
Cole, Bob, 1868-1911
Irwin, May, 1862-1938
Held, Anna, 1872-1918
Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Johnson, Nora Ethel Floyd, 1893-1969
Dancer, W. E., 1884-1934
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Walker, Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb), b. 1873
Robeson, Allen Thompson
Roundtree, Nelson
Simms, John
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Gaspar, José, 1756-1821
Thomas, W. Carey
Rivera, Manuel
Hohman, Johann Georg
General Note
The Florida Writers’ Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed historians, librarians and writers to document the history and culture of the state. Carita Doggett Corse was the director of the FWP from its creation in 1935 until the program ended in 1942. Soon after its creation, the FWP began hiring a small number of Black fieldworkers for a project intended to document the experiences of Black Floridians. Martin Richardson, Viola Muse, Pearl Randolph, L. Rebecca Baker, Paul Diggs, Alfred Farrell, and author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston were among those fieldworkers who were hired to work on this project. Fieldworkers wrote reports, gathered historical research and conducted interviews with turpentine workers, authors, community members and formerly-enslaved individuals throughout the state. Some of this fieldwork was intended for publication in “The Florida Negro.” Though the manuscript went through extensive editing during the late 1930s, the document was never published by the FWP. The manuscript copy here was collected and preserved by folklorist Stetson Kennedy, who worked for the FWP. Other original records created by the FWP can be found in the collections at the Florida Historical Society and at the University of Florida, including additional drafts of “The Florida Negro.”
Chicago Manual of Style
Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida. Manuscript Copy of "The Florida Negro" by the Florida Writers' Project, ca. 1938. 1938 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346094>, accessed 27 December 2024.
MLA
Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida. Manuscript Copy of "The Florida Negro" by the Florida Writers' Project, ca. 1938. 1938 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346094>
AP Style Photo Citation
(State Archives of Florida/Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida)