Category Florida History
Black History Month: Slaves role in the defense of Florida during the American Revolution
This is an excerpt from my book Florida and the American Revolution Most of the fortifications that were erected both in Pensacola and St Augustine were built largely by slave labor. While in Pensacola this was not an odd sight, in St Augustine where many free blacks had been armed (unlike on the rest of […]
Florida and the Civil Rights fights in Congress
The Southern Manifesto (1956) from Florida. According to the official US House of Representatives site: ” Howard Smith of Virginia, chairman of the House Rules Committee, introduced theSouthern Manifesto in a speech on the House Floor. Formally titled the “Declaration of Constitutional Principles,” it was signed by 82 Representatives and 19 Senators—roughly one-fifth of the membership of Congress […]
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Florida
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 do not use the Apple Podcast app. We release a new episode weekly. All the […]
Truman and Churchill
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday! This is the first of several excerpts to be run exclusively on TFS from my forthcoming book which will be published by A Florida Squeeze Publication – Lincoln’s Ghost: Our Haunted Presidency. Harry Truman wrote from the White House, “I sit here in this old house and work on foreign […]
Black History Month: First African-American Congressmen from Florida and the south
Florida History Podcast- Josiah T. Walls. Republican Josiah T. Walls was Florida’s first African-American Congressman, and a powerful symbol of the Reconstruction era in the state. Walls was born into slavery in Virginia and captured by the Union Army during the Peninsula Campaign. Eventually he was discharged in Florida after the Battle of Olustee and […]
Jeffersonian Florida: Florida and Louisiana Purchase
In our first video on Jeffersonian Florida we discuss how American authorities led by President Jefferson were actually more interested in purchasing Florida (and claimed they had purchased it) rather than Louisiana.
Key West and the Civil War
Dr Angela Zombek of UNC-Wilmington joined us on a recent Florida History Podcast to discuss an area of expertise that she’s written extensively on – Key West and the Civil War. 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 […]
The Matanzas Massacre
We discuss the 1565 Matanzas Massacre in the latest Florida History Podcast. 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 do not use […]
The Monroe Doctrine and slavery – often forgotten Florida history
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 of European powers. This was done once […]
The Florida Squeeze 