Exiles of Florida

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Modern (19th C)

Authors: Joshua Giddings In Year : 1858

Book Language: English

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Introduction
Chapter 1 - Circumstances Attending the Early History of Slavery in the Colonies
Chapter 2 - Further Efforts to Restore Exiles
Chapter 3 - Hostilities Maintained by Georgia
Chapter 4 - General Hostilities
Chapter 5 - Further Efforts of the Government to Restore Exiles to Servitude
Chapter 6 - Further Efforts to Enslave the Exiles
Chapter 7 - Commencement of the Second Seminole War
Chapter 8 - Hostilities Continued
Chapter 9 - Hostilities Continued
Chapter 10 - The War Continued, Peace Declared, General Jessup Assumes Command of the Army
Chapter 11 - General Jessup Overthrows His Own Efforts in Favor of Peace
Chapter 12 - The Renewal and Prosecution of the War
Chapter 13 - Vigorous Prosecution of the War
Chapter 14 - Great Difficulties Interrupt the Progress of the War
Chapter 15 - Difficulties in Enslaving Exiles Continued
Chapter 16 - Further Difficulties in the Work of Enslaving the Exiles
Chapter 17 - Total Failure of All Efforts to Enslave the Exiles
Chapter 18 - Further Difficulties in Prosecuting the War
Chapter 19 - Hostilities Continued
Chapter 20 - Hostilities Continued
Chapter 21 - Close of the War
Chapter 22 - History of Exiles Continued
Chapter 23 - The Re-union and Final Exodus

“The Author of the following work has endeavored to give a faithful record of … the Exiles of Florida. Torn from their native land, their friends and homes, they were sold in the markets of Carolina and Georgia. Feeling the hand of oppression bearing heavily upon them, they fled to Florida, and, under Spanish laws, became free. … At a time of profound peace, our army, acting under the direction of the Executive, invaded Florida, murdered many of these free men, and brought others to the United States and consigned them to slavery. An expensive and bloody war followed …During its protracted continuance of seven years, bribery and treachery were practiced towards the Exiles and their allies, the Seminole Indians; flags of truce were violated; the pledged faith of the nation was disregarded. By these means the removal of the Exiles from Florida was effected. After they had settled in the Western Country, most of these iniquities were repeated, until they were driven from our nation and compelled to seek an asylum in Mexico.” (From the author’s Introduction, 1858)