Zephaniah kingsley jr and the atlantic world book day

There are many people who would like to rule this subject of judgment out of the. The coming day of the lord will bring judgment on the wicked, both jews and gentiles, and restoration for a righteous remnant which will include both jews and gentiles. Zephaniah kingsley was a wealthy planter and slave owner in northeast florida. Parking lots and metered parking spaces are located throughout the downtown st. Festival schedule florida heritage book festival and. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardcover at. Zephaniah and his contemporaries, jeremiah and habakkuk, were some of the prophets god used to pronounce this warning message. He believed in slavery and yet he also freed hundreds of slaves and became a voice for emancipation, says dr. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator by daniel l.

Shots were exchanged, and the pilot of the slave ship, genaro garay, received a flesh wound. Zephaniah kingsley archives eu jacksonville newspaper. A major contribution not only to florida history, but also to the history of the atlantic world. This little book written by zephaniah the prophet is talking about the day of the lord. Robert baker abstract enlightenment philosophers had long feared the effects of crisscrossing boundaries, both real and imagined.

You will also find onstreet parking available in other areas, which will require payment for parking at paystations and parking meters. To the great surprise of those who listened, the prophet declared that the day of the lord would be a day of doom, even for gods people see zeph. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator and thunder on the river. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, now available in a revised and expanded edition. He is an atlantic slave trader, a believer in paths to freedom from slavery, and was the head of a large polygamous mixedrace family. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida bronze. In this revised and expanded edition of anna kingsleys 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. He is also the author of several other books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. Kingsley plantation on fort george island is a special place for many locals. His participation in maritime commerce would continue for several years, but he increasingly turned his attention to plan. Anna managed the plantations daily operations, including 60 slaves, while zephaniah was away on business. The life narrative of zephaniah kingsley 17651843 is a story which not only spans the early history of northeast florida, but much, much more on an atlantic scale. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator a visit to kingsley plantation convinced me that this was a topic of national and international importance that had somehow escaped scholarly attention. Abolition and a transatlantic antislavery movement appeared as determined crusades to bring an end.

Schafer published by university press of florida schafer, daniel l. Kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. East of the house was a large group of banana trees, sev. The book of zephaniah center point bible institute. The destructive day of the lordguilt and judgment of judah in the context of universal judgment.

Schafer, author of the awardwinning book, zephaniah kingsley jr. He became a ship captain engaged in atlantic commerce, buying sugar and coffee in the caribbean and slaves in africa, and exchanging british nationality for loyalty to the. The next power to rise is the babylonian empire, sometimes ruled by chaldean kings. Kingsley tucked a dagger in his belt and prepared to defend himself with a rifle and a pistol as the group from the slave ship burst into the quarters. In march 1811, anna was emancipated, along with three children fathered by kingsley. To do good in this world we must have money to do good in this world we must have money the kingsley legacy. December 4, 1765 september 14, 1843, a quaker born in england who moved as a child with his family to south carolina, became a planter, slave trader, and merchant who built several plantations in the spanish colony of florida in what is now jacksonville, florida. In the early 1800s, plantationowner brought a senegalese wife he purchased, anna madgigine jai, and three children to his fort george island plantation. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville. The civil war in northeast florida university press of florida, 2010.

Will of zephaniah kingsley, 1843 world digital library. Under florida law, email addresses are public records. Perhaps the finest example i have seen of small worlds. A lost princess remembered in senegal the florida bookshelf. His fathers mercantile pursuits carried young kingsley from bristol, england, to charleston, south carolina, and then, because zephaniah kingsley sr. This is not the only place where this theme occurs, of course, but it is the most concentrated treatment of the judgment of god as the whole book is devoted to this one theme. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world by mark j.

This extensively researched book captures zephaniah kingsley jr. 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. Nathaniel millett, the maroons of prospect bluff and their quest for freedom in the atlantic world university press of florida general fiction. On this thousandacre island with palmfringed beaches, birds of every description, and ancient indian mounds of oyster shell, they restored an abandoned plantation. Jun 18, 2009 in 1814 zephaniah and anna kingsley, along with their children and slaves, moved to fort george island, a sea island near the mouth of the st. Zephaniah chapter 1 16 a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and. In this book, schafer discusses william bartrams exploration of florida in the 1770s, finding a discrepancy between the untouched wilderness that bartram described and the increasingly developed state of the area under british control. He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner zephaniah kingsley jr. Social injustice and moral corruption were widespread 3.

Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator article january 20 with 54 reads how we measure reads. April 11, 1734 circa 1792 was an affluent british merchant, a loyalist during the american revolution and one of the seven founders of the university of new brunswick, canadas oldest english language university. A controversial figure for his views on manumission and his unorthodox marital arrangements, zephaniah kingsley jr. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.

Kingsley was both a defender of slavery and an activist for the legal rights of free blacks. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Free 14 day trial to any nook magazine or newspaper. The prophet zephaniah was evidently a person of considerable social standing in judah and was probably related to the royal line.

Zephaniah, book of international standard bible encyclopedia. When the road forks, stay left on the unpaved road to kingsley plantation. Jun 29, 2016 kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. Schafer is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley 3.

In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles. Schafer university press of florida,20 though the scholarly volume is factdetailed heavy and therefore on the dry side in writing, it is one amazing historical study. Born in bristol, england, in 1765, kingsley moved to charleston, south carolina, then a british colony, in 1770. Daniel l schafer a biography of zephaniah kingsley jr. No book is perfect, but if you prefer to search for the answers to big historical questions in small places this book is a wonderful experience. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park ser.

Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and labor of. In 1814, zephaniah kingsley moved to fort george island and what is known today as the kingsley plantation. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles in trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles kingsley as patriarch. In florida, anta was generally known as anna 2 zephaniah kingsley jr. Schafer, professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida, is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley. The book of zephaniah, the early discourses of jeremiah, and 2ki 2123 furnish a vivid picture of the social, moral, and religious conditions in judah at the time zephaniah prophesied. The book is concerned throughout with the day of the lord. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville magazine. It was zephaniah s lot to speak on the most unpleasant subject in the bible the judgment of god. And the atlantic world is the best telling of southern maritime history, plantation development, and the evolving ideology of slavery i have ever come across. Nineteenthcentury slaveholders of the atlantic master class had many reasons to be concerned with the future.

This book will be of interest to florida history buffs as well as african. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida, 20. Highlights from the books of nahum, habakkuk, and zephaniah. Anna madgigine jai kingsley born anta madjiguene ndiaye 18 june 1793 april or may 1870 was a west african from present day senegal who was enslaved and sold in cuba. William bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida university press of florida, 2010. Zephaniah kingsley is best known for his fort george island plantation in duval county, florida, now a national park service site, and for his 1828 pamphlet, a treatise on the patriarchal system of society, that advocated just and human treatment of slaves, liberal emancipation policies, and granting rights to free persons of color. His heirs included his wife, a freed slave named anna m. Despite the fact that zephaniah warns judah of impending doom, the prophecy is dual, and the major fulfillment of his prophecy is yet future. In a world ushered in with the aid of the haitian revolution, slave revolts in these sensitive times seemed to erupt with increased frequency, leaving greater destruction in their wakes. This summary of the book of zephaniah provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of zephaniah.