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| The Digitally Reconstructed Landscape of Project Bluff 1816 |
The Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art (AHCA)
located at 80 Water Street in Apalachicola will be hosting at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 13, 2016, Professor Uzi Baram, Dr. Ed Gonzalez-Tennant, and
Vickie Oldham, which will be discussing the history of anti-slavery resistance
in Florida, an incredible story of freedom-seeking people. From the
Apalachicola River to Tampa Bay, people of African heritage battled for their freedom,
sought refuge, and fell back in a southern movement that ultimately led some to
Andros Island in the British Bahamas and the others to the Florida interior,
where they and their descendants fought in the Second Seminole War. Admission is free and open to the public and
there’s no registration required.
2016 marks the bicentennial of the destruction of the Negro
Fort on the Apalachicola River in 1816. Attend the event to learn the
significance of that community and its people, known as maroons, Black
Seminoles, African Seminoles, and freedom-seeking people.
The event will highlight the archaeological insights into the
history for the fortification at Prospect Bluff, as well the community known as
Angola on the Manatee River, and will unveil new virtual reconstructions that
help us better understand all of the early 19th century maroon communities on
Florida’s Gulf Coast.
The destruction of the Negro Fort on the Apalachicola River
in 1816 was followed by the Battle of Suwannee in 1818 and then the destruction
of Angola and the other maroon communities south of Tampa Bay in 1821. It is a
history of tragedy, but also of survival. More information on the project can
be found by clicking HERE.
For additional information, please telephone Barbara Clark,
Florida Public Archaeology Network at (850)877-2206.
Funding for this program was provided through a grant from
the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in
this program do not necessarily represent those of the Florida Humanities
Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Please click on the link below to access additional
information.
Paulette Moss, Director
Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art
Apalachicola School of Art
86 Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida 32320
1-855-APALACH (855)272-5224
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