Category Florida History
Civil War: Garland’s gamble
It’s most powerful when there is no live sound or it goes completely silent. In the opening scene a suicide bomber runs into a crowd and detonates. It’s not surprising, as our main character is a war correspondent. What is jarring is that the suicide bomber is American and is running into a crowd of […]
Kamala Harris and Indian Diaspora in the Dem Party and Western World
Kartik Krishnaiyer describes why he’s supporting Kamala Harris for president even though in general he has hesitations about voting for most candidates of Indian descent because of the illiberal, anti-western and classism-styled attitudes prevalent in India as well as within large portions of the Indian diaspora in the west. He also discusses India’s alleged attempts […]
Great Miami Hurricane of 1926
Really good video on an event that helped usher in the Great Depression.
Abiaka/Sam Jones
On this edition of the Florida History Podcast we discuss Abiaka/Sam Jones, the great native war chief. 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 Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen on your iPhone […]
The Battle of Pine Island Ridge – or was it?
On a recent Florida History Podcast we dove into the Battle of Pine Island Ridge and Kartik’s view that the battle might have been a great embellishment by Major William Lauderdale and US troops. 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 […]
Battles of the Loxahatchee
On a recent Florida History Podcast, we discussed the January 1838 Battles of the Loxahatchee 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 Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen on your iPhone if you […]
Impetus for American invasions of Florida during the American Revolution
The following is an excerpt from my book Florida and the American Revolution The American rebels made several failed attempts to capture St Augustine, and raiding was a very common occurrence along the Georgia-East Florida border just north and south of the St Marys River. While this is an undercovered front in popular lore, fighting […]
The Florida Squeeze 