The destructive day of the lordguilt and judgment of judah in the context of universal judgment. 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. His participation in maritime commerce would continue for several years, but he increasingly turned his attention to plan. Zephaniah kingsley, slavery, and the politics of race in the atlantic world by mark j. Illustrates just how complex, interconnected and surprising the eighteenthcentury atlantic world could be for the men and women who circulated around it and helped shape it. The prophet zephaniah was evidently a person of considerable social standing in judah and was probably related to the royal line. Schafer is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley 3. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter. Social injustice and moral corruption were widespread 3. Schafer an adventurer, plantation owner and gimcrack social philosopher who denounced segregation laws and yet defended. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and labor of enslaved africans.
To do good in this world we must have money to do good in this world we must have money the kingsley legacy. In 1814, zephaniah kingsley moved to fort george island and what is known today as the kingsley plantation. 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. In florida, anta was generally known as anna 2 zephaniah kingsley jr. 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. A lost princess remembered in senegal the florida bookshelf. Will of zephaniah kingsley, 1843 world digital library.
In march 1811, anna was emancipated, along with three children fathered by kingsley. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida, 20. 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. 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. 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.
There are many people who would like to rule this subject of judgment out of the. Like a turtle without a shell like a turtle without a shell spains final years in east florida. Kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. 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 trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles in trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles kingsley as patriarch. Parking lots and metered parking spaces are located throughout the downtown st. 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. Zephaniah kingsley archives eu jacksonville newspaper. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville magazine. He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner 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.
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. Directly south of the maam anna house stood a large well and a grove of purple and white fig trees. The civil war in northeast florida university press of florida, 2010. She became the wife of a plantation owner, and then a planter and slaveholder in her own right as a free black in early 19thcentury florida she was born in 1793 as a princess of the wolof people. Free 14 day trial to any nook magazine or newspaper. This little book written by zephaniah the prophet is talking about the day of the lord. This extensively researched book captures zephaniah kingsley jr. Abolition and a transatlantic antislavery movement appeared as determined crusades to bring an end. 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book will be of interest to florida history buffs as well as african.
The book of zephaniah center point bible institute. An absorbing account of anna madgigine jai kingsley, an african woman who was enslaved, forcibly transported to florida, held in bondage, freed, and married to her white master. Under florida law, email addresses are public records. The book is concerned throughout with the day of the lord. A controversial figure for his views on manumission and his unorthodox marital arrangements, zephaniah kingsley jr. African princess, florida slave, plantation slaveowner, now available in a revised and expanded edition. He believed in slavery and yet he also freed hundreds of slaves and became a voice for emancipation, says dr. Schafer, author of the awardwinning book, zephaniah kingsley jr. Zephaniah kingsley was a wealthy planter and slave owner in northeast florida. 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. The unlikely legacy of zephaniah kingsley jacksonville.
His fathers mercantile pursuits carried young kingsley from bristol, england, to charleston, south carolina, and then, because zephaniah kingsley sr. 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. Jun 29, 2016 kingsley owned hundreds of slaves in his time and traded in countless others. Zephaniah and his contemporaries, jeremiah and habakkuk, were some of the prophets god used to pronounce this warning message. Nathaniel millett, the maroons of prospect bluff and their quest for freedom in the atlantic world university press of florida general fiction. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator hardcover at. 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. Schafer, professor emeritus of history and university distinguished professor at the university of north florida, is the author of anna madgigine jai kingsley. 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. William bartram and the ghost plantations of british east florida university press of florida, 2010. 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. When the road forks, stay left on the unpaved road to kingsley plantation. In trust for flora hanahan kingsley and her son charles. Born in bristol, england, in 1765, kingsley moved to charleston, south carolina, then a british colony, in 1770.
He is an atlantic slave trader, a believer in paths to freedom from slavery, and was the head of a large polygamous mixedrace family. Despite the fact that zephaniah warns judah of impending doom, the prophecy is dual, and the major fulfillment of his prophecy is yet future. A major contribution not only to florida history, but also to the history of the atlantic world. Nineteenthcentury slaveholders of the atlantic master class had many reasons to be concerned with the future. Perhaps the finest example i have seen of small worlds. Festival schedule florida heritage book festival and. 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. Schafer published by university press of florida schafer, daniel l. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. 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. Kingsley plantation on fort george island is a special place for many locals.
Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator university press of florida bronze. It was zephaniah s lot to speak on the most unpleasant subject in the bible the judgment of god. Highlights from the books of nahum, habakkuk, and zephaniah. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and.
On this thousandacre island with palmfringed beaches, birds of every description, and ancient indian mounds of oyster shell, they restored an abandoned plantation. Thus the period from 640 to 622 is the likely time for the giving of the prophecy. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator and thunder on the river. Anna managed the plantations daily operations, including 60 slaves, while zephaniah was away on business. 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. Slave trader, plantation owner, emancipator article january 20 with 54 reads how we measure reads. He is also the author of several other books, including zephaniah kingsley jr. This subject is whats inside the little scroll in the fathers right hand rev. His heirs included his wife, a freed slave named anna m. In the early 1800s, plantationowner brought a senegalese wife he purchased, anna madgigine jai, and three children to his fort george island plantation.
Shots were exchanged, and the pilot of the slave ship, genaro garay, received a flesh wound. 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. 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. Daniel l schafer a biography of zephaniah kingsley jr. East of the house was a large group of banana trees, sev. Robert baker abstract enlightenment philosophers had long feared the effects of crisscrossing boundaries, both real and imagined. Kingsley was both a defender of slavery and an activist for the legal rights of free blacks. 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 labor of. Zephaniah, book of international standard bible encyclopedia.