Exhibits and Events - Slave Trade Project
French delegation at the Kingsley Heritage Celebration 2010 On February 13, 2010, a French delegation from Nantes, one of Jacksonville’s Sister Cities, attended the Kingsley Heritage Celebration at Kingsley Plantation to participate in a special presentation entitled "Revolts during the Middle Passage." If you missed the event, you can read the transcript of the speech below and choose links about the event or the slave trade project. These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can get this free program by clicking here. "Weather or Not, Here I Come: French Delegation Attends Slave Trade Program at Kingsley Plantation" - Summary article of the Kingsley Heritage Celebration event on February 13, 2010 Slave Trade Talk and Exhibit (2008) |
Did You Know?
One of the Huguenot inhabitants of la Caroline had the surname of "DuVal.” Jacksonville, Florida, where the national memorial is located, is within Duval County which is named for Florida's first civilian
territorial governor, William Pope Duval, a Huguenot descendant.
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