Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slaveowner

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 04/03/2018
ISBN: 9780813056531
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d