HOVER OVER PHOTOS FOR CAPTIONS Maria-Perez-Kingsley-great-granddaughter mass lynching Miami police officer John Millrdge the first black officer to die in the line of duty Miami Times newspaper Mississippi slavery an idealized view Mississippi slaves working near the river Mounted Buffalo Soldiers Norma Padgett who claimed the men raped her. old black cowboys President Andrew Johnson President Ruthertford B. Hayes President Thomas Jefferson Rep Carrie Meek was the first black woman from Florida to be elected to congress from Florida. She died in 2021. Reverend James Paage was freed by his owner in 1851 and became the first ordained black minister in Florida. Sally Hemings Secretary of War Edward M. Stanton Sharecroppers in Lousianna Sheldon Chappell at his mother's grave. Shoes worn by enslaved children_ probably in Mississippi who were issued only one pair a year. Notice the condition of some of the shoes. Slave auction at the Evergreen Plantation Slave cabins on the Kingsley Plantation. These are the only preserved slave cabins in Florida Orientation: 1 Slaves boarding a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Slaves praying Slaves using the Mississippi River to escape. « ‹ of 37 › »