THE EXILES OF FLORIDA:
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OR, THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY OUR GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE MAROONS, WHO FLED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND OTHER SLAVE STATES, SEEKING PROTECTION UNDER SPANISH LAWS.
BY J O S H U A R. G I D D I N G S.
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“I, as commander of the army, pledged the national faith that they should remain under the protection of the United States.” GENERAL JESSUP.
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C O L U M B U S, O H I O: PUBLISHED BY FOLLETT, FOSTER AND COMPANY. 1858.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858. BY FOLLETT, FOSTER & CO., In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Ohio.
TO M Y C O N S T I T U E N T S, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SO LONG HONORED ME WITH THEIR CONFIDENCE, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. J. R. GIDDINGS.