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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve & Fort Caroline National MemorialPlantation house at Kingsley Plantation
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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve & Fort Caroline National Memorial
Kingsley Plantation

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many people came to Florida. Some, like Zephaniah Kingsley, sought to make their fortunes by obtaining land and establishing plantations. Others were forced to come to Florida to work on those plantations, their labor providing wealth to the people who owned them. Some of the enslaved would later become free landowners, struggling to keep their footing in a dangerous time of shifting alliances and politics. All of these people played a part in the history of Kingsley Plantation.

Visiting Kingsley Plantation

History of Kingsley Plantation

Historic drawing of a Timucua man with his hair in a top know  

Did You Know?
Timucua warriors wore their hair in a top knot, which made them appear taller. Historic drawings of Timucua and French contact show the Timucua to be of greater stature than the French.
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Last Updated: July 05, 2007 at 11:33 EST