Event Details
Thursday, Nov 20, 2014
Book Group: Zephaniah Kingsley and the Atlantic World
Time: 10:30 am til 11:30 am
Location: Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Old Water Street, Tampa, FL
Description: Review and discussion of Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. and the Atlantic World: Slave Trader, Plantation Owner, Emancipator by Daniel L. Schafer.
COMING SOON: purchase your copy from the Tampa Bay History Center Museum Store for $29.95. Contact Paulette Marsh pmarsh@tampabayhistorycenter.org 813-675-8972 for ordering.
A controversial figure for his views on manumission and his unorthodox marital arrangements, Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. (1765–1843) is mostly known today 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 humane treatment of slaves, liberal emancipation policies, and granting rights to free persons of color. Paradoxically, his fortune came from the purchase, sale, and labor of enslaved Africans.
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Prehistoric Ecosystems and Human Landscapes at Crystal River
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Dr NE St. Petersburg, 33702
Description: Trevor Duke, MA Candidate, University of South Florida
The impact of human activity on ecosystems is a topic currently at the forefront of global concern. Some of the problems associated with ecosystem collapse are distinctly correlated with modern human behavior, while others may have been present for millennia. This presentation focuses on the extent of prehistoric human impacts on the estuarine ecosystem in Crystal River, Florida, over an 812 year time frame (A.D. 155-967). The archaeological record of Florida’s rich fishing traditions indicates the presence of intensive harvesting of both fish and shellfish. Thus, prehistoric human impacts on Florida’s coastal ecosystems may be present, but are largely unknown. Through studying food web dynamics and molluscan life history of harvested species in midden deposits, this research seeks to assess the extent of past human-environment interactions in Crystal River, as well as to provide an ecosystems baseline for restorative efforts today.
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