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Abraham Lincoln Lewis
African American business
African American community
Amelia Island
American Beach
Anna Jai
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beaches
beachfront
black history
black vacationers
Blue Palace
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community
culture
east coast
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Florida history
former slaves
General Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15
General Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15
Gulf coast
heritage
Jim Crow era
maps
memoirs
newspaper articles
Ocean-Vu-Inn
personal interviews
photos
president of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company
Samuel Harrison homestead
traditions
United States
US
vacation
wealthy African American businessman
Zephaniah Kingsley
Product details
- ISBN 9780813035086
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 149 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 25 May 2010
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Marsha Dean Phelts draws together personal interviews, photos, newspaper articles, memoirs, maps, and official documents to reconstruct the character and traditions of Amelia Island's 200-acre African American community. Phelts invokes colorful firsthand accounts and 'old-timer' stories, and paints what is ultimately a personal and intimate portrait of a community rich in heritage and culture.
Marsha Dean Phelts, author of The American Beach Cookbook, is a contributor to the Florida Star newspaper and spent many years as a librarian in the Florida geneaology department of the Jacksonville Public Library.
