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📚 Learn More at NPSHistory.com →At Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve, the National Park Service has worked for years to document and interpret the history of slavery at this site — a history that was ignored for much of the park's existence. The exhibits, waysides, and publications now under review represent a hard-won commitment to telling the complete American story.
From the internal review records: “Certain text on the exhibits or waysides may be disparaging towards the U.S. Some text describes the horrid conditions the enslaved endured during their transport to the Americas; certain panels discuss the differences between slavery in Spanish Florida and the United States; panels discuss the race discrimiation laws that were passed once Spanish Florida became part of the U.S.; exhibits have exc...”
Why this matters: The history of slavery at Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve was suppressed for generations. The materials now being targeted represent decades of work by historians, descendants of enslaved people, and community advocates to ensure these stories are finally told. Removing them would re-erase history that has only recently been acknowledged.
The attached images are from exhibit panels and waysides at the Kingsley Plantation which may be in conflict with SO 3431 or EO 14253. The site interprets the history of slavery in Florida.
Many images depict the torture of the enslaved women by colonial men; depict the horrid conditions the enslaved endured during their transport to the Americas; depict artifacts, like ankle racks, which were used to torture the enslaved at Kingsley Plantation; depict images of enslaved women having their children forcibly removed by men of a different color; show images of enslaved men and children in chains alongside men with brandishing whips; show images of torture scars on the backs of the enslaved; and images women and children being tortured by men with a different complexion with a cattle whip.
Certain text on the exhibits or waysides may be disparaging towards the U.S. Some text describes the horrid conditions the enslaved endured during their transport to the Americas; certain panels discuss the differences between slavery in Spanish Florida and the United States; panels discuss the race discrimiation laws that were passed once Spanish Florida became part of the U.S.; exhibits have ex...
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