Monthly Archives: February 2023
A history of the Bulow Plantation – Florida’s largest slave-driven sugar plantation
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we discuss the Bulow Plantation, Florida’s largest slave-driven sugar plantation which was destroyed by the Seminole Native Americans during the Second Seminole War in 1836. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App […]
Black History Month: Negro Fort – Andrew Jackson, slavery and a massacre
On a previous edition of tthe Florida History Podcast we discussed the Negro Fort on the Apalachicola River, manned by runaway slaves and armed by the British. The pro-slavery United States under General Andrew Jackson attacked the fort in 1816, violating Spain sovereignty, killing 334 mostly African-American defenders. You can listen to the Florida History […]
Black History Month: The First Underground Railroad led to Florida
Welcome to Black History Month 2023. Below is a short narrative about how Florida was the destination of the first underground railroad. On Tuesday February 7, we will release a podcast on the period in the 18th Century, when Spanish La Florida became a refuge for runaway slaves, which led to conflict with the British […]
The Florida Squeeze 