The odyssey of an African slave /
Sitiki, -1882.,
The odyssey of an African slave / [print] by Sitiki ; edited by Patricia C. Griffin. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2009. - xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The narrative -- Slave and master -- Life in Africa -- Life before captivity -- Capture and enslavement -- House slave in a British settlement -- The Middle Passage to Charleston -- "Like a son" -- In the family of Josiah Smith -- Savannah, then north to Connecticut -- Back south and captured again -- Working with the Smith estate -- A slave's view of Spanish St. Augustine -- On becoming a freedman -- As Methodist minister in St. Augustine -- Jack's attitude toward his enslaved status -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Condition of the manuscript -- Appendix C: Analysis of Sitiki's language -- Appendix D: Buckingham Smith's last will and testament -- Appendix E: Jack Smith's obituary.
9780813033914
2009019231
Sitiki, -1882.
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Slavery--History--Florida--19th century.
Slaves--Florida--Saint Augustine--Biography.
Freedmen--Florida--Saint Augustine--Biography.
Methodist Church--Clergy--Florida--Saint Augustine--Biography.
E444.G852.O397 2009
The odyssey of an African slave / [print] by Sitiki ; edited by Patricia C. Griffin. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2009. - xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The narrative -- Slave and master -- Life in Africa -- Life before captivity -- Capture and enslavement -- House slave in a British settlement -- The Middle Passage to Charleston -- "Like a son" -- In the family of Josiah Smith -- Savannah, then north to Connecticut -- Back south and captured again -- Working with the Smith estate -- A slave's view of Spanish St. Augustine -- On becoming a freedman -- As Methodist minister in St. Augustine -- Jack's attitude toward his enslaved status -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Condition of the manuscript -- Appendix C: Analysis of Sitiki's language -- Appendix D: Buckingham Smith's last will and testament -- Appendix E: Jack Smith's obituary.
9780813033914
2009019231
Sitiki, -1882.
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Slavery--History--Florida--19th century.
Slaves--Florida--Saint Augustine--Biography.
Freedmen--Florida--Saint Augustine--Biography.
Methodist Church--Clergy--Florida--Saint Augustine--Biography.
E444.G852.O397 2009