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Program Number
62
Program Date
6-28-2010
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Historic Ybor City | Selling Spanish Moss in the 1930s | Home » Content Florida Slave Narrative
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Cuban American; Florida Industry; Great Depression; African American; Colonial History
Sponsors
Brevard Cultural Alliance's mission is to build and sustain a dynamic and vibrant arts and cultural sector integral to Brevard County's quality of life.
Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, FHC grants primarily respond to the needs of local communities, but they often address topics of statewide interest. FHC is particularly interested in projects that are collaborative, attract diverse audiences, encourage active participation from the public, and explore humanities topics and disciplines in interesting and engaging ways.
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers Radio Program #62" (2010). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 63.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/63
Transcript - Radio Program #62
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Program Segments
Historic Ybor City
Elizabeth McCoy, a curator at Ybor City Museum, and Chantal Hevia, president of the Ybor City Museum Society, discuss the founding, culture, and history of Ybor City.
Mark-In Point: 01:18 Length: 17:39
Selling Spanish Moss in the 1930s
Sarah Blair Weathers talks about how her family collected Spanish moss to sell during the Great Depression near Ocala.
Mark-In Point: 18:16 Length: 3:54
Home » Content Florida Slave Narrative
Anthropologist Dr. Patricia Griffin discusses the book she edited, The Odyssey of an African Slave. The book is based on a manuscript dictated by Sitiki, who later was named was Jack Smith. It tells of his capture in Africa, his various adventures, his establishment of a Methodist church, and how he died a free man in St. Augustine.
Mark-In Point: 22:17 Length: 05:13