Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley, Revised and Expanded Edition, livre ebook

Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Award

In this revised and expanded edition of Anna Kingsley’s remarkable life story, Daniel Schafer draws on new discoveries to prove true the longstanding rumors that Anna Madgigine Jai was originally a princess from the royal family of Jolof in Senegal. Captured from her homeland in 1806, she became first an American slave, later a slaveowner, and eventually a central figure in a free black community. Anna Kingsley’s story adds a dramatic chapter to the history of the South, the state of Florida, and the African diaspora.

List of Maps and Photographs

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Senegal: Anta Majigeen Ndiaye

Chapter 2. Havana: Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr.

Chapter 3. Laurel Grove: Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley

Chapter 4. The Patriot War

Chapter 5. Fort George Island

Chapter 6. Refuge in Haiti and Return to Florida

Chapter 7. A Free Black Community in a Time of Race Hysteria

Chapter 8. Final Flight: The American Civil War

Chapter 9. Final Years

A Personal Postscript

Appendix: The Last Will and Testament of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley

Notes

Bibliography

Index