| Alachua County, Florida Contributor(s): Jenkins, Lizzie Prb (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738543748 ISBN-13: 9780738543741 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Alachua Countys African American ancestry contributed significantly to the areas history. Onceenslaved pioneers Richard and Juliann Sams settled in Archer as early as 1839. They were former slaves of James M. Parchman, who journeyed through the wilderness from Parchman, Mississippi. They and others shaped the countys history through inventions, education, and work ethics based on spirituality. This book shows people working together, from the early1800s rural farm life, when racial violence was routine, until African Americans broke the chains of injustice and started organizing and controlling civic affairs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Literary Collections | American - African American - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| LCCN: 2006932626 |
| Series: Black America |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.59" W x 9.24" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alachua County's African American ancestry contributed significantly to the area's history. Onceenslaved pioneers Richard and Juliann Sams settled in Archer as early as 1839. They were former slaves of James M. Parchman, who journeyed through the wilderness from Parchman, Mississippi. They and others shaped the county's history through inventions, education, and work ethics based on spirituality. This book shows people working together, from the early1800s rural farm life, when racial violence was routine, until African Americans broke the chains of injustice and started organizing and controlling civic affairs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jenkins, Lizzie Prb: - Lizzie PRB Jenkins is an author, a historian, a preservationist, and a retired educator of Archer. Her historic journey in this book encompasses 37 Alachua County towns. Jenkins documented and published A Tribute to Archer, dedicated to black residents, in 1984. |