Abstract
White Floridian, like other Southerners in the years before the Civil War, usually spoke of slave revolts in low, fearful voices. While their words indicated concern for the security of the group, their interest was essentially a personal one. They wondered how really safe they and their families were in the constant presence of vast numbers of servile blacks. Yet slave unrest involved more than insurrection. Murders, burglary, arson, rape, trespass were all crimes that an individual slave might commit even though he was not involved in an organized revolt. Floridians recognized these threats to their lives and property, yet their greatest fear was the possibility of slave insurrection.
Recommended Citation
Granade, Ray
(1976)
"Slave Unrest in Florida,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 55:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol55/iss1/4
