African American Heritage

Freedman's Bank

• 1866 Freedman's Bank Index
• 1866 Freedmen's Bureau Depositor Records
• Jefferson County Freedmen's Bureau Employees
• Freedmen's Bureau Saving and Trust

House & Senate Reports

• Petition of Charles W Hines  relief for loss of slave
• Petition of Reuben Lapetter  relief for loss of slave

General Information

• African Americans in Lake City  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4 

Famous Floridians

• Zora Neale Hurston An American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker
• Mary McCloud Bethune  An American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist

General Links

• Florida Memory  Civil Rights Movement in Florida
• Exploring Florida  Civil Rights
• Florida's Black History
• Black Codes in the former Confederate States
• Freedmen's Bureau Online
• Rosewood Florida wiped off the map