The odyssey of an African slave / by Sitiki ; edited by Patricia C. Griffin.

Author/creator Sitiki
Other author Griffin, Patricia C.
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Sitiki, -1882.
Enslaved persons--United States. --Biography.
Slavery--Florida. --History. --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Florida. --Saint Augustine. --Biography.
Freed persons--Florida. --Saint Augustine. --Biography.
Methodist Church--Florida. --Saint Augustine. --Clergy. --Biography.
Saint Augustine (Fla.)--Biography.
Africa, West--Biography.

Contents The narrative -- Slave and master -- Life in Africa -- Life before captivity -- Capture and enslavement -- House slave in a British settlement -- The Middle Passage to Charleston -- "Like a son" -- In the family of Josiah Smith -- Savannah, then north to Connecticut -- Back south and captured again -- Working with the Smith estate -- A slave's view of Spanish St. Augustine -- On becoming a freedman -- As Methodist minister in St. Augustine -- Jack's attitude toward his enslaved status -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Condition of the manuscript -- Appendix C: Analysis of Sitiki's language -- Appendix D: Buckingham Smith's last will and testament -- Appendix E: Jack Smith's obituary.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009019231
ISBN9780813033914 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813033918 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E444.S53 A3 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold