Black Experience 

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What was life like for Black people in Florida 200 years ago? What skills did Black people bring to Florida Territory? How were Black people laying a firm foundation for Florida’s future? Historians, researchers, reenactors, griots, drummers, and dancers give you resources for digging into these questions.​​​​​​​​​​​​

Native Presence

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How did the commissioners who scouted Tallahassee in 1823 describe Native American culture? How did Natives survive government plans for Indian Removal? Makers of medicine, tradition keepers, historians, storytellers, dancers, and reenactors from Muscogee, Yamasee, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations share resources for answering these questions.  ​​

How People Had Fun

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Having fun is fundamental to being human. What does history tell us about folks in Florida 200 years ago having fun? Here you’ll find a sampler of songs, stories, plays, dances, foods, fights, and frolics that tickled Territorial Floridians – with step-by-step instructions for stepping in and having fun yourself. ​​

Women

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They couldn’t vote. They were frequently unnoticed and unmentioned in historical accounts. Historian Tracy Revels makes the hidden history of women come to life, assisted by actors portraying women who were enslaved, Free Blacks, crackers, planters, and socio-political elites.​​​​