Category Florida History
The nation’s first underground railroad and Fort Mose
This is an excerpt from my book, Florida and the British, before the American Revolution King Charles II of Spain in 1693 issued a proclamation “giving liberty to all” runaway slaves provided they converted to Catholicism. It was effectively the response from Spain to England’s foundation of Charles Town. For several years prior to the […]
Black History Month: The Monroe Doctrine and Slavery
This is an excerpt from my book: The American Conquest of Florida It’s not discussed much in relation to the Monroe Doctrine which is hailed as a triumph of American anti-imperialism. But what it was also doing was announcing to the British and the Spanish that our policy on slavery was really not the business […]
The Patriots War
This week on Jeffersonian Florida, we discuss the Patriots War of 1812-13 which was effectively the East Florida front of the War of 1812.
Fort Pickens – Civil War era portions
Fort Pickens played a huge role in the beginning of the Civil War (War Between the States). The fort which has similar style in its original conception to Fort Taylor in the Keys eventually gained new layers and batteries which are not included in this video.
Disney targets Florida in the early 1960’s
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we begin our series on Walt Disney World and Central Florida with Walt Disney’s quest to build a second amusement park site – how locations such as Palm Beach County, St Louis and New York were strongly considered before settling on Central Florida. You can listen to the Florida […]
Florida’s first African-American statewide official: Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
Florida History Podcast :Florida’s first statewide African-American official, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs. Johnathan Clarkson Gibbs served as the first black statewide official . The above linked podcast from 2021 discusses his career and legacy.
Reviews and Blurbs for the New Book Lincoln’s Ghost: Our Haunted Presidency
“Even a president as down to earth as Harry Truman sometimes wondered if the White House was haunted. Is it? In Lincoln’s Ghost, Robert Buccellato goes searching for the answer. Along the way he brings to life the many strange, weird, and paranormal things our commanders in chief and their families have encountered. Combining rigorous […]
Andrew Jackson and my latest book
The book features accounts of many historical figures on the Native American, Free African-American, US, Spanish and British sides. During the course of the work I will offer opinions on many of these figures. However, one person looms largest over this entire narrative – Andrew Jackson. In my own lifetime (I turn 50 later this […]
Jeffersonian Florida – Video 2: West Florida and the Jeffersonians
We look at the progression toward hostilities and an American annexation of West Florida in this video.
On the battle over Confederate Monuments : Florida’s 20th Century History
The recent discussion of Confederate Monuments in the legislature brought me back to thinking about how embedded this culture is within Florida. And how for many years it was aided by intellectual elites in the north who pushed a “lost cause” narrative as a means of “national reconciliation.” In fact, many of these themes go […]
The Florida Squeeze 