The Exiles of Florida: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Exiles of Florida, credited to Joshua Giddings, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Exiles of Florida by Joshua Giddings. Read in English by Greg Giordano; Maria Kasper “The Author of the following work has endeavored to give a faithful record of … the Exiles of Florida. Torn from their native land, their friends and homes, they were sold in the markets of Carolina and Georgia. Feeling the hand of oppression bearing heavily upon them, they fled to Florida, and, under Spanish laws, became free. … At a time of profound peace, our army, acting under the direction of the Executive, invaded Florida, murdered many of these free men, and brought others to the United States and consigned them to slavery. An expensive and bloody war followed …During its protracted continuance of seven years, bribery and treachery were practiced towards the Exiles and their allies, the Seminole Indians; flags of truce were violated; the pledged faith of the nation was disregarded. By these means the removal of the Exiles from Florida was effected. After they had settled in the Western Country, most of these iniquities were repeated, until they were driven from our nation and compelled to seek an asylum in Mexico.” (From the author’s Introduction, 1858)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Exiles of Florida
• Author credits: Joshua Giddings
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 11:34:08

Catalogue topics

• Florida
• seminole wars
• fugitive slaves

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 5:02
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - Circumstances Attending the Early History of Slavery in the Colonies — 29:42
3. 02 - Chapter 2 - Further Efforts to Restore Exiles — 24:02
4. 03 - Chapter 3 - Hostilities Maintained by Georgia — 32:40
5. 04 - Chapter 4 - General Hostilities — 21:21
6. 05 - Chapter 5 - Further Efforts of the Government to Restore Exiles to Servitude — 24:03
7. 06 - Chapter 6 - Further Efforts to Enslave the Exiles — 56:53
8. 07 - Chapter 7 - Commencement of the Second Seminole War — 38:34
9. 08 - Chapter 8 - Hostilities Continued — 20:45
10. 09 - Chapter 9 - Hostilities Continued — 20:41
11. 10 - Chapter 10 - The War Continued, Peace Declared, General Jessup Assumes Command of the Army — 13:50
12. 11 - Chapter 11 - General Jessup Overthrows His Own Efforts in Favor of Peace — 30:26
13. 12 - Chapter 12 - The Renewal and Prosecution of the War — 31:41
14. 13 - Chapter 13 - Vigorous Prosecution of the War — 33:25
15. 14 - Chapter 14 - Great Difficulties Interrupt the Progress of the War — 54:09
16. 15 - Chapter 15 - Difficulties in Enslaving Exiles Continued — 19:12
17. 16 - Chapter 16 - Further Difficulties in the Work of Enslaving the Exiles — 19:28
18. 17 - Chapter 17 - Total Failure of All Efforts to Enslave the Exiles — 36:31
19. 18 - Chapter 18 - Further Difficulties in Prosecuting the War — 48:30
20. 19 - Chapter 19 - Hostilities Continued — 19:59
21. 20 - Chapter 20 - Hostilities Continued — 52:04
22. 21 - Chapter 21 - Close of the War — 18:58
23. 22 - Chapter 22 - History of Exiles Continued — 13:00
24. 23 - Chapter 23 - The Re-union and Final Exodus — 29:11

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