Rebels and runaways : slave resistance in nineteenth-century Florida /
Larry Eugene Rivers.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource.
- The new Black studies series .
Resistance by wiles
Includes bibliographies and index.
Day-to-day resistance -- Stepping up the degrees of resistance -- Away without leave -- A yearning for freedom -- Destinations of runaways -- Flight away from Florida -- In search of kinfolk and loved ones -- Catch the runaway -- Slave violence -- The second Seminole War -- The Civil War.
This study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. The author discusses Florida's historical significance as a runaway slave haven dating back to the 17th century.