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5 days ago · Stream select true stories shining light on the past and present of Black history.
4 days ago · Maps of Florida. Florida Map Collection -- "an ongoing cooperative project of the State of Florida's public universities to digitize and provide online access to maps of contemporary and historic Florida, dating from 1564 through the present.
2 days ago · Nonetheless, slavery was legal in every colony prior to the American Revolutionary War, and was most prominent in the Southern Colonies (as well as, the southern Mississippi River and Florida colonies of France, Spain, and Britain), which by then developed large slave-based plantation systems.
4 days ago · The Florida Handbook. Call Number: Reference F 306 .F597 (1947-48+) Browse for books about Florida history: UCF Libraries' Catalog. - particulary F 301 through F 320. Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs. Call Number: Reference F 309 .M673 1995.
2 days ago · The city of Jacksonville, Florida, began to grow in the late 18th century as Cow Ford, settled by British colonists. Its major development occurred in the late nineteenth century, when it became a winter vacation destination for tourists from the North and Midwest. Its development was halted or slowed by the Great Fire of 1901, the Florida Land ...
4 days ago · Each webinar in the series covered a document instrumental to the founding of the United States, focusing on both the context of the document—how it came to be and its significance—as well as its actual contents and the most important takeaways for middle and high school students.
4 days ago · Summary: Ian Fleming's James Bond and the BBC drama "Spooks" take us into a world of espionage, code-breaking, weapons and gadgets -- top secret maneuvers to protect Queen and country. But what is the real British Secret Service like? Full Length: 55 minutes. Upcoming Broadcast Times. Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT on WFSU.
