Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley

Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau AwardIn this revised and expanded edition of Anna Kingsley s remarkable life story, Daniel Schafer draws on new discoveries to prove true the longstanding rumors that Anna Madgigine Jai was originally a princess from the royal family of Jolof in Senegal. Captured from her homeland in 1806, she became first an American slave, later a slaveowner, and eventually a central figure in a free black community. Anna Kingsley s story adds a dramatic chapter to the history of the South, the state of Florida, and the African diaspora.