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The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series
demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of
publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect
in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the
Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series
show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the
Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and
domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel,
migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the
growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on
the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of
peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean
Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these
architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as
well as the travelogues and naturalists' sketches of the area in
prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars
and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open
Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
under the Humanities Open Books program.
Recently discovered as a hand-written document in the Buckingham
Smith Collection at the New-York Historical Society, this
remarkable first-person narrative traces the life of Sitiki, whose
name was changed to Jack Smith after his enslavement in America.
Captured and sold into slavery in Africa as a five-year-old, Sitiki
travelled to America as a cabin boy. Eventually sold by the ship's
captain to Josiah Smith of Savannah, Georgia, he lived there and in
Connecticut with his new master. Captured by the British during the
War of 1812, he was returned to the Smiths, to be freed only after
the Civil War. He went on to become the first black Methodist
minister in St. Augustine, Florida where he established his own
church. Patricia Griffin does not leave the story at the conclusion
of the slave narrative, but explores Sitiki's experiences and
places them in clear and valuable context. She presents the
narrative unencumbered, allowing Sitiki's authority, compassion,
and personality to speak for itself.
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