O'Sullivan, Maurice, and Jack C. Lane. The Florida Reader: Visions of Paradise, from 1530 to the Present. Sarasota, Fla: Pineapple Press, 1991. The Florida Reader brings together a selection of writings from that history and the state's rich mix of cultures: Timucua, Spanish, French, British, Seminole, Cuban, Black, Southern, Northeastern, Midwestern, Conch and Cracker.

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Contents:\n\nBLACKS IN BRITISH EAST FLORIDA by J. Leitch Wright, Jr.\n\nMERMAIDS RIDING ALLIGATORS: DIVIDED COMMAND ON THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER, 1776-1778 by W. Calvin Smith\n\nEAST FLORIDA AS A LOYALIST HAVEN by Linda K. Williams\n\nTHE EAST FLORIDA SOCIETY OF LONDON, 1766-1767 by George C. Rogers, Jr.\n\nGOVERNOR GEORGE JOHNSTONE OF BRITISH WEST FLORIDA by R. F. A. Fabel\n\nBRIGADIER FREDERICK HALDIMAND- THE FLORIDA YEARS by Robert R. Rea 512\n\nCAMPBELL TOWN: FRENCH HUGUENOTS IN BRITISH WEST FLORIDA by J. Barton Starr\n\nCONTINUITY IN COMMERCE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE PANTON, LESLIE AND COMPANY TRADE MONOPOLY IN WEST FLORIDA by Thomas D. Watson\n

Title: The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 Author: Clay MacCauley

Florida History Online is a digital archive of textual and visual documents of Florida history produced by students and faculty at the University of North Florida. A series of web pages will be created that explore the complex historical legacy of Florida. Interactive maps, primary documents, time-lines, portraits, biographies, searchable databases, scholarly analysis, interpretive narratives, lesson plans for educators, and other tools of digital technology will be included in the digital archive. Florida history will be placed in the wider context of American and Atlantic World history.

The Minorcans of St. Augustine in the late 1700s and early 1800s were no strangers to relocation. They had survived two major moves since 1768, once from the Old World to the New, and then from New Smyrna to St. Augustine. It should come as no surprise then, that some of these families began to move to the beach along the northeast coast of St. Johns County. They had come to the New World for an opportunity to own their own land. In acquiring land along the North and Guana Rivers, they were finally realizing their dream. Who were these Minorcans and what prompted them to begin development along the ocean? To answer this question one has to look back to the ambitious plans of the British during the two decades when East Florida was a British colony.