Monday, February 12, 2018

ON TO ANGOLA: RACE TO FREEDOM




ANDREW JACKSON "using men of influence sent Coweta Indians under Charles Williams, William Weatherford, and others to take, in the name of the United States, and make prisoners of all the men of colour, including women and children, they would be able to find, and bring them all, well secured, to a certain place, which has been kept a secret."

ON TO ANGOLA is the latest addition to the Creek Family Saga. 


ON TO ANGOLA (WEBSITE)
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON (LINK TO AMAZON)
Historical Fiction 
Black and Native American History
Florida History

Sharman Burson Ramsey tells the complicated, important story of a haven for freedom on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Angola, a maroon community of self-emancipated slaves and free blacks, was hidden from slave raiders and from history, until recently. Piecing together the archaeological and historical information on the hundreds of people living near the Manatee River and Sarasota Bay in early 19th century, the novel skillfully weaves a story of people from across Spanish La Florida, the US southeast, and Britain who sought freedom and family in Tampa Bay, themes that continue to inspire us today.


Uzi Baram
Professor of Anthropology
Director of the New College Public Archaeology Lab
New College of Florida
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243 USA
Baram@ncf.edu


List Price: $20.00
6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) 
Black & White on White paper
338 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1985094154 (CreateSpace-Assigned) 
ISBN-10: 1985094150 
BISAC: Fiction / Action & Adventure

“Towards the end of the month of April last, some men of influence and fortune, residing somewhere in the western country, thought of making a speculation in order to obtain Slaves for a trifle. They hired Charles Miller, William Weatherford [and others], and under these chiefs, were engaged about two hundred Cowetas Indians. They were ordered to proceed along the western coast of East Florida, southerly, and there take, in the name of the United States, and make prisoners of all the men of colour, including women and children, they would be able to find, and bring them all, well secured, to a certain place, which has been kept a secret.” 

“Advice to Southern Planters” in Charleston City Gazette.  

This novel, historical fiction, reunites twins Cato and Andro, ripped apart at birth, one raised as a slave, the other as the adopted son of a Duke. Their quest to find their mother leads to a race against the Coweta raiders. They deal with slavers, unscrupulous English men, pirates, and the untamed frontier. In this adventure they join Red Stick survivors of the Creek and First Seminole War in a joint race for survival. 

Angola is a place now being uncovered with a story that needs to be told. Uzi Baram (Professor of Archaeology at New College of Florida)  and Vickie Oldham conduct archaeological digs in the Sarasota area to recreate that settlement of those desperate people that was raided by Coweta Indians sent by Jackson. 


Dear Sharman,
Congratulations!!!  I have just purchased a copy of your new book, "On To Angola."  The book is fabulous and it's hard for me to put it down for any length of time.  I am gravitated to it like a high power magnet.  
Best wishes,
James E. McCalister
President, Friends of the Library Panama City, Florida

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