Excellent documentary on slavery in Tallahassee and the panhandle

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4. Have you read Clifton Paisley's two books?

The first published was "From Cotton to Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967" about the transition from cotton plantations in Leon County to hunting plantations specializing in quail. While writing this book Mr. Paisley obtained access to original plantation records so he followed it up with "The Red Hills of Florida, 1528-1865" which covers the creation of the plantation culture dependent on slaves.

Both are excellent books and well worth pursuing. "Cotton to Quail" was published by the University of Florida, "The Red Hills" by University of Alabama. They are both still in print.

What I was surprised by was that the cotton plantations went very close to the coast in the Big Bend area. Where there are now planted pines was cotton plantations before the Civil War.

Are you in Leon County? I'm in the northeast part of the county.