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- In 1811, a plantation owner in Spanish East Florida signed a manumission paper, officially freeing his 18-year-old wife, a Senegalese woman. He assured Spanish authorities of her “nicety and fidelity” as well as her “good qualities." Her name was Anna Kingsley. Captured in the endemic violence of west Africa, Anna lived an extraordinary life.
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Anna Kingsley born Anta Madjiguene N'diaye is my ancestor on my father's side. My cousin Emmanuel Kingsley from the Dominican Republic will be at Kingsley Heritage Celebration at the national parks site outside of Jacksonville, the timucuan ecological and historic site on February 17th 2024. I will also present about Anna and my travels to Senegal and meeting her family's descendants there at the Amelia Island History Museum on February 15, 2024. It's a complex and fascinating history. I thank you for presenting it and sharing it with a wider audience.
this is wonderfull, will there be any information about this celebration in DR?
Kingsley Heritage Celebration is at the National Parks HIstoric Site outside of Jacksonville. do you mean are they publicizing it in the DR? @@tesmith47
Small world, she’s my ancestor on my maternal side, in fact my aunt is her namesake Madgiguene Ndiaye
yes! Small world indeed. I met a namesake as well. Are you in the States?@@AhmadT870
What an honor and a fascinating heritage!
This is American history, and should be included in history taught through out schools
Wait for it...they're trying to wipe all....all our history from the face of the earth.
indeed -- i'm aghast that whole generations of americans are completely ignorant of our past.
Slavery in America was cruel, wicked and bizarre. What an existence...smh
wite pepe are cruel wicked and bizzare.
Who do you think made the peculiar institution peculiar?
@@missshannon9790don’t forget hedonistic.
@@KelNelisSwell Can't forget that about 'em. The longer I live and the more I learn I just really wonder.....are they even human beings.
You’re too right.
The height of pecularity is this black woman being idolized by ADOS for being a white man's stable supervisor and erotic sex toy...yay!
Thank you for an excellent telling of Anna’s story. I was a park ranger at Kingsley Plantation for 11 years and she was most prominent in our interpretation at the site.
Now there's a MOVIE "I would Watch!" Good JOB! I never Knew!
I am from the Senegambia region (Senegal and Gambia to be exact). On my father's side, she is my 3rd cousin 5 times removed. I have spent over 30 years documenting our family history and genealogy, taking over from my late uncle (a renowed Gambian historian, author, nationalist during the colonial era, pan-Africanist, and statesman) who has been doing it for 60 years, and years before his death, passed on the baton to me as he got older. I have more information about Anta Majigeen Njie including her father, mother, brothers, sister, and info surrounding her enslavement. I live in London but visit Gambia and Senegal at least 3 times a year, and it is my intention to one day visit her grave in the US and pay my respects and perform the rituals she would have been used to before her enslavement and Christianisation. She was a noble on both her father and mother's line. She is not some distant figure in a foreign land. She is my blood, and the paternal aunt (what we call "bajen" in Senegambia) of my father's great grandmother. Although Daniel Schafer did a great job in the biography of Anta, most of the research is centred around the US and Senegal. The research was not extended to The Gambia. During her time, there was no such thing as the modern day countries of Gambia and Senegal. Our ancestors lived in kingdoms and empires, and the modern day country of Gambia is right inside the modern day country of Senegal. Had Daniel extended the research to the Gambian branch of the family, more information about Anta would have come light that you would not find in Daniel's book. I come from the Joof family, and the current guardian of our family's heritage, and the curator of our private family's archive, which includes various branches of our family such as the Njie, Samba, Nyang, Chune/Thioune, Mbooj, and Mbaye families, etc. The Joof family (who were ethnically Seereer), is much older than the Njie family - specifically Njaajaan Njie (founder of the Jolof Empire, to whom Anta trace direct paternal descent) - by at least 400 years. Some of the early patriarchs of the Joof family includes Ama Kodu Joof (aka Ama Godomaat - who lived in November 1087), Laman Jegaan Joof (11th century, who was a "Laman" - the land owning families), Ndaah Njemeh Joof (King of Laah, 1290). Njaajaan Njie only existed in 1350. All these noble Senegambian families are interralated and used to marry off their daughters and sons to each other. Our family tree has well over 5000 people - streching from the old Kingdoms of Siin, Saluum, Baol, Jolof, Kajoor, and Waalo. Daniel's research should have been extended to The Gambia, as well as to the old Seereer families in both Senegal and Gambia, from whom most of the sources regarding the legendary Njaajaan Njie came from, and even the Wolof themselves (as supported by multiple sources) claim that most of their knowledge of Njaajaan Njie came from Seereer sources. I appreciate why Daniel's research in Senegal focused mainly in Jolof, and Yang Yang to be specific, because that's where Anta originated from. However, her relatives streches verse territories. Her mother for instance, was not actually from Jolof in origin.
Why was she captured from Senegal if she was a royal? Did her (your) family lose the war?
@cdahm5425 Yes. There was an internal strive between the two main royal houses of Jolof (both descended from the great house of Lat Samba). Her family's royal house and my dad's great-grandmother's royal houses (the older house), coupled with the wars between Jolof and Cayor
few decades earlier, which went on for years - started by Anta's own grandfather (the powerful king of Jolof nicknamec the King with the double crown, until his death in 1759). That internal strive went on for decades, resulting in the death of my father's great great-grandfather and an attempt to exterminate his family and royal house. My dad's great-grandmother's young siblings (who were not married and under the protection of my paternal ancestor, the Joof royal family of Siin and Saluum) had to be smuggled out of Jolof as the enemy forces (their own family from a different royal branch) approached to exterminate their royal house. In that war, which went on for years, started by Anta's grandfather and continued by her uncles, many of my relatives were killed, as her newly founded royal house by her grandfather (an offshoot of House Lat Samba, but specifically the House of Biram Penda, son of Lat Samba, and my ancestor's royal house) went on a rampage. My ancestor's younger siblings (especially the males) who were young at the time and potential revivals for the crown if they got older were hunted down. They were smuggled out of the country by my great great grandmother's uncle (younger brother of her father ) out of Jolof for safety. My great great grandmother was lucky enough to have been married years earlier into a powerful family at the time (the Joof family) - and whose safety was guaranteed by the 2 Seereer Kingdoms of Siin and Saluum, both ruled by the Joof family. The civil wars of Jolof and Cayor, started by her grandfather, wrecked both countries and resulted in numerous deaths. I lost countless relatives in those wars and many enslaved, i.e., Anta and others. As Anta was captured and enslaved in the New World, she would not have known that her two brothers eventually ascended the throne. However, they could not have enjoyed their kingship as they hadn't seen their baby sister for years. How could they enjoy the throne when their only full blood sister had been captured and no one knew where she was? It was very, very sad, sad, especially for the Queen Mother (Anta's own mother that no one talks about). The whole situation was sad. It was sad for Anta and other enslaved relatives, as well as the families they left behind. This is one of the resons why my late uncle had been documenting our family history for 60+ years, and as the current guardian of our family's heritage, I've been doing it for 30 years. It is for the same reason I decided to turn to modern science and took multiple dna tests in order to trace my relatives in the New World whose ancestors (my family) were enslaved. I am so happy to have found some family matches, and I'm using our family's archive and family tree to connect the dots and help them know where they fit in our family tree. Unfortunately, many of my relatives in the New World have not even done their family trees, so it is difficult for me to help any further, but for those of them who have done some work, we are making great progress. Whether we all like to admit it or not, we are all related. When I was a little boy, my late uncle told me about Anta and other enslaved relatives, I was very sad, and later devoted my life to preserving our family's heritage and bringing the family together no matter where they are in the world. No matter how long it takes me, my family will be back together again. I may not live to witness it hence why I am preparing my nephews and nieces to take on the baton in the event of my death, just like my uncle had prepared me all those years ago before his death in 2011. The heritage of my ancient family will never die out. We have had great and glorious moments, but also sad moments throughout our history, including the enslavement and murder of relatives. My family have witnessed empires rose and fell, great kingdoms rose and fell, Arab Islam slave trade and European slave trade, yet we are still here. My uncle, the current King of Saluum once, told me: "We must do everything we can to ensure that the fire of our family is never extinguished." This echoes my late uncle's words to me before his death in 2011. My family, no matter where they are in this world, means everything to me. I was destined to continue my uncle's work and surpassed his work. None of my elder siblings or cousins have the same passion and dedication. That's why he ignored all of them and passed on the baton to me. No matter how long it takes me, provided I am still breathing, the branches of my family will unite again under one single roof. This is my destiny. I was thinking of visiting New York again later this year, but I will have to change that and visit Anta's resting place and performed the sacred rituals she would have been accustomed to long before Christianization and Islamization of our respective families. Before that, I will need first to go to Senegal and Gambia to commence the work there. I still adhere to the old African spirituality (A fat Roog to be exact) which Anta would have been familiar with. I don't see any Senegambian who have actually visited her grave with the same intent being able to or willing to do this as the Senegambia region is now predominantly Muslim. Therefore, when they come over even with good intent to bless, they are using their newly found religion (Islam) to perform a ritual that she was not accustomed to - as Islam only gained a massive strong hold in the Senegambia in the latter half of the 19th century during the Islamic jihads - which was several decades after Anta was captured. And her Christianization in the New World was a result of circumstances. Therefore, only an orthodox follower to the old religion can perform the rites. Since there aren't many of us left, and she she is my blood, I will do it myself.
Wow! What a wonderful heritage strong and courageous. As an African/American and my family's historian I was excited to read what you and your uncle have accomplished. So much of my family's history is buried. But just that...buried. I started looking into both sides of my parent's history a little too late as my interest started late. (1980s) So much could have been discovered at that time when many of my great aunts and great uncles were still alive. I am happy for you and your family and what you've accomplished. Yes don't give up and keep other family members interested. I'm still looking for someone to pass the baton to.
A great story I'm hearing for the first time and should have heard about much sooner. Deserving of being known and remembered.
There are literally millions of extraordinary people. How would you cover all of them
Like in public school history. Teach actual history!
It’s no great history for a young 13 year old to be used for sex! You are sick!
I'm from Florida, and much of my family is from Jacksonville. I don't recall hearing Anna Kingsley's story before, and I'm so glad to hear it now. I want to go visit the home now and learn more about her. Thank you for another excellent, interesting episode!
Visit the Kingsley Plantation. The slave huts are still standing.
I remember visiting the Kingsley Plantation and always thought her's was a facinating story worthy of telling, would probably make a great movie. Thanks for spotlighting this piece of history.
THG&CREW, just wanted to let you know, you and your Crew were already GOLDEN in my book, and we talked years ago about more episode featuring black people and you explained the teams situation in regards to putting together a factual, thorough and respectful episode, but your promise to me you and the Crew were working on it, and this episode is the result of those conversations, your word is your bond and here we are today, so whatever is above GOLDEN, in my book you and the Crew are there my friend and I can't thank you enough, nothing but respect you guys, bless you all!!!🙏🦉🥰
"Penniless but hardly poor."
Thank you for this post.
What an amazing woman, and an incredible story! This is history that should be taught in schools today.
I agree. THG not only presented the history but he put it in the context of the time, something that is frequently missing in recitations of today.
Absolutely! ❤️
Not really. I don't see anything significant about the "black slave owner"
dont be silly@@addingupto1002
Wait for this history to be taught in schools
I lived in Jacksonville for years and have been to the Kingsley Plantation as a child. I just remember the house and land around it but don't remember much else since I was only in elementary school.. Thank you for sharing her story now I can imagine her there.
Behind the big house are 4 or 5 slaves quarters sheds. It's right on the river.
I also live in Jax and have been twice.
@@meemo32086If I remember correctly there are about a dozen as you enter the grounds and they are made out of coquina just like Castillo de San Marcos.
Homage is also dedicated to her in the Arlington community just south of the Matthews Bridge. She was one of the bravest women of her time.
We all know that incredible people like this have existed all throughout history, standing well outside the broad picture. We just don't celebrate them enough, or, in most cases have even heard of them. Many thanks for another well-made video, and for putting this remarkable woman in the spotlight, where she clearly belongs.
especially if they are female or Black!!
Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba will always be the best of all the time who confronted the white colonisers
While deployed in 1993 on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41, the ship visited the West African countries of Sao Tome, Ghana, Benin and Senegal.
I was a marine on the Whidbey Island in 86-87 operation Northern Wedding/ Bold Guard. At least that’s what my memory or what remains of it tells me.
History amazes me ! How did they travel around so frequently, how did they rebuild so readily, how did they communicate and find each other, how did they have daily food and supplies, where did they keep their money….. it’s all so confusing to me when all that is hard to manage today !
Thank you so so so much for this amazing story of this incredible Black Princess Anna.
please do a long episode on her husband Zephaniah Kingsley.
what for?
He enslaved her. We don't need to hear the stories of white enslavers.
It is always a pleasure to learn something new. If you haven't done it already, you might consider doing a report on Francisco Menédez who was the African leader of the Fort Mose(now a National Historical Monument)in St. Augustine, Florida in the early 18th century.
This is new to me. I love non-fiction. Thanks for this video.
Love the story of Anna Kingsley. Touring the Kingsley Plantation north of Jacksonville Florida at the mouth of the St Johns River is a wonderful experience and day trip
This was fascinating. I am a native Floridian and never learned about Anna Kingsley. This saddens me. What an incredible woman!!
Another excellent video! I had never heard of Anna Kingsley before, so thank you, History Guy, for sharing another part of history that shapes us all and should never be forgotten!!! Anna Kingsley experienced an incredible life filled with adventure and and triumph over horrific hardship. Living such a life is nearly beyond comprehension for those of us living a modern cushy existence. "Penniless, but hardly poor." Perfectly stated!
As bad as situations in my life have occasionally been, I have never had to make the decision to burn my own house down to save my livelihood and way of life.
you must bae a white person to write that description of the situation.!@!! LOL
At first glance, I thought this must be about one of my favorite historian ladies, MARY Henrietta Kingsley, a Victorian explorer in West Africa. She was famous for how her heavy clothing protected her when she fell into an animal trap and her anti-colonialism, anti-missionary beliefs. What a delight to discover Anna Kingsley's story from Florida! It's a lot more significant to our changing times.
She’d also be a great subject for a History Guy video!
I think that Anna Kingsley is important as well. I ❤ the information on Wolof culture.
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@@Dawn-up2ur : SORRY. I reread your comment! We 👍 agree! I would ❤️ to hear more about Mary Henrietta Kingsley as well.
@@sandrahunter5904
I'm a history teacher in Senegal, what do you mostly interested in the culture?, the arts, food clothing etc...
What a great story about a great person! I lived in Jacksonville but hadn't heard this story.
Anna's life DEFINITELY deserves to be remembered, as does Zephaniah's. Sad what a WASTE war is. Thank you, Lance.
false. This is self esteem history. Gee, in the midst of the Wright BRothers sustaining flight...a janitor kept their barn clean...his name was....insert agenda here.
Your statement makes no sense. Your attempt at equivalency (janitor of a barn??) is also nonsensical. What individuals who share your ideology continuously fail to understand is that multiple historical events can happen simultaneously without one diminishing the importance of the other. Please….be better.
Sure war is a waste... Except how long would slavery have continued otherwise?
As viewers of this channel we should all know that Mrs. Kingsley was able to enjoy her time in Haiti because of a 20 year long war that resulted in the total abolishment of slavery.
IDK I guess my point is although at face value your statement is correct; in context it is definitely tone deaf.
@@adelesbelly thank you for reminding everyone how some white guys are
aww, as opposed too some other peoples right. I bet you dont see colour either@@tesmith47
.... i appreciate the hard work, and research that the History Guy puts into his videos. May GOD richly bless you.
I have been to the plantation shown at the end. It’s beautiful and somber. 🖤
thanks for the balanced, objective, and instructive ( to the aspiring actual historian) example of well crafted microhistory
I love a good story of strength amd resilience. What a remarkable woman.
Thanksnfornsharingnher story with us Lance. Hope you had a lovely holiday.
A great story, I knew that as soon as I clicked on the video it was going to be great 😃.
Absolutely excellent THG&CREW, thank you so very much, my people have history too, and I appreciate the hard work BLESS YOU ALL!!!🙏👌🦉❣️
I just did a History of Florida class, and Anna Kingsley was a notable subject. What a hard core lady. I live in Jax, we fish over by Kingsley Plantation all the time. It's a beautiful part of the country.
We can know history spoken and written. We can not have the experience of living it. What we must determine from the history we can know is would we desire the living experience. We are so spoiled to our modern conveniences.
Great history lesson. Thanks for presenting.
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"What we must determine from the history we can know is would we desire the living experience."
You think the purpose of history is to remind us how much it sucked to live almost any time period before the present?
Much appreciated. This one has to be one of my favorites. 👏🏼
Truly amazing bit of history. Thank you!
I'm sharing with all my Floridian compadres; but, chances are they've heard, at least, some of it ...
odds are they have not!!!
@@tesmith47 Since one of them runs a black historical society; many of them are more well versed than average. Most grew up around the Palm Beaches ... So, it is possible.
Kingsley Plantation is part of our large National Park in Jacksonville. It's a lovely place to visit, have a picnic, & walk around. We moved to Jacksonville when I was a child & most of the picnics we had as a family were there. They have a lot of information on the history of the Kingsleys & the native Timucuans too. I would recommend if you're ever in Jacksonville.
All that enslaved blood on that land you think it's beautiful???
I was born and raised in Arlington, about 12 miles as the crow flies from Kingsley Plantation.
We were taught a limited history of Zephaniah Kingsley in the Jacksonville schools I attended back in the 60’s-70’s.
I later heard that the Board of Education didn’t approve the teaching of Jacksonville’s children about Zephaniah’s “unusual” relationship with Anna.
I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t know about either of these historic Floridians till I got online!
Seems like the modern Florida education system has not progressed since then... In some ways you could argue that it is regressing.
She is buried in the Sammis Cemetery in Arlington. A part JU's campus once belonged to Anna Kingsley.
Incredible job Lance! And what an incredible woman, that should be taught in schools. Sure incredible strength is such odds. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Her story would never be taught in public schools. It doesn't fit the storyline that's pushed in them. A black woman, owning other black people. Real history will never be taught in schools, until we get rid of the system we have now. A one party system, that totally corrupt. because both parties care more about their bank accounts, than the citizens of the US.
Better yet she should have a movie made. ABOUT TRUE blacks not white characters in books made black by woke culture but ACTUAL BLACK HEROS.... like Robert Smalls as well.
There's enough anti-white history taught in schools already.
Lol, I knew some idiots (see replies above) would automatically screech "wOkE!!" in response to this historical telling. As predictable as the sun rising in the morning.
@@rc7625 People are growing weary of it all. Be smug to your heart's content- you have no idea what's coming.
Good morning THG. Thanks for another episode.
This was VERY informative. I'd never heard of this lady until now. Wow. 😊
What an amazing story! And very well told. Thanks.
I live near the plantation...great stop if visiting the area. Florida has a great history that really is not taught. Everyone grows up learning about Jamestown and Plymouth Rock. Florida has been settled for decades before these two.
What a terrific story.
Wow. What an amazing story. The HG again comes through!
Try teaching this in DeSantis Florida.
I believe Anna Kingsley did come from royalty after hearing this history of how she governed her property and how she strategically warded off solidiers in 1812, making it quite apparent that she was truly regal.
I also believe her husband knew of if not about her royal lineage and was one of the contributing factors on why he placed full confidence in her leadership.
And ironically, I find it interesting how wealth, power, land, fertility, freedom, admiration, loyalty, adventure, valor, ambassadorship, survival, protection, legacy all se😊emed to follow her from Senegal all the way to Florida as the London fog literally followed Queen Elizabeth from England to the United States when she visited some years ago. Majesty will find its way to royalty, and it sure did with Anna Kingsley right down to her marital last name. Amazing!
Great piece and thanks for sharing. So much more hidden that needs to come to light. I have faith that it will. Again thanks
Thank you for the video. I had never heard of Ms. Kingsley until you show this video. Thank God for You tube. Without You tube I would had know anything about this brave and strong lady. Schools are getting away from our history. It is up to us. Talk to our kids grand kids. Again thank you
History to be Remembered Indeed.
This is an awesome and inspiring bit of content. Thank you Lance. I always learn something new and find myself being entertained from your content. Even on subjects that are of scant interest to me. I wish you life-long success in all that you do!
I did not previously know of Anna Kingsley's story, so thank you, The History Guy. This was very interesting and well-made, as always on your channel. She had a tough life from the get-go yet kept picking herself up and kept going on; very inspirational, indeed.
Thank you for putting in the hard work to research this subject.
Excellent video, really appreciated it,I believe it highlights the inconsistencies of that time. Anna Kingsley was a very brave woman, deserves to be remembered, thank you
I’m so happy that Anna’s Florida Plantation has been preserved as an important part of history!
Very interesting history about Anna Kingsley and especially her husband who had such lofty ideas about freedom at that time. Very strong-willed people .
Very interesting, thank you. Fascinating story and the relationship 'balance' between those involved.
Great video essay, and a thought provoking story. Thanks History Guy... happy new year.
You got a new subscriber here History Guy what an intriguing story.
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
Great episode. Thank you
I love this story. Can you do more about others like The Buffalo Soilders; Tuskegee Airman; Caesar Chavez, U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII or Joe P. Lopez to name a few. Thank you
Thank you for the lesson.
That was fascinating. Thank you.
Fascinating. Thanks for telling this story.
This was an amazing telling of Anna Kingsley 's story 💜✨💜✨💜
Fascinating. Many Thanks.
Stunning. Wow. Thank you.
Wonderful episode!
I'm Senegalese and wolof ❤💯
Amazing story! Thank you!
great episode!!! thank you for covering some less well known black historical figures
Grew up in jax we went to the plantation on field trips and learned of her story. Thank you for sharing. ❤
I adore you. ❤ your story telling and writing are top notch. Thank you for these videos. They're important and interesting. I think you could make a brick interesting.
Thank you. AWESOME KNOWLEDGE OF STRENGTH WITH DETERMINATION 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for covering this! Jacksonville is my home town! I have been out to Kingsley Plantation many, many times. Took my children because I love the beauty (Heckshcer Drive!) there and history. I wondered how in the world this people survived the climate growing and gathering indigo...they must have been so very tough! An amazing story!
Anna's story is definitely an American one. She sounds like a strong, resilient, resourceful woman who deserves to be remembered.
It is interesting to note that no matter how much the racists tried, they could stop people from intermarrying and assiciating with each other. Hence we have the rich histories of the Creole people, as well as the Redbone and Melungeon communities. Another channel NYTN has excellent videos about these groups, as she's been researching her own roots and found some incedible stories.
Thank you! 💜🌎✌️🍀
NYTN does have a great channel..she's gone thru some serious finding your roots..whewww
not exactly accurate , more accurately white society could not stop white men from raping enslaved Blacks
Thank you. Happy New Year!😊
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks!
She wasn’t a princess. She is a queen. ❤
Thanks for telling this story. I live not far from Kinsley plantation. I have visited a few times.
Thanks for doing this episode. I'm from Jacksonville and have visited the Kingsley Plantation.
Thank you for your research. That was a great historical moment.
I am very conflicted about Zephaniah & Anna Kingsley but her story should definitely be remembered.
me too and I'm their descendant.
Love this one.
Awesome! Thank you for this wonderful presentation! Highly educational and inspirational as well! Appreciate the hard work effort and expertise involved in this presentation! Look forward to more! Keep up the great work stay well have a beautiful day👍🙏
Thanks for this
Thanks for the amazing story. Kingsley sounds like an interesting character lol i guess he loved her in a way.
Great story, brave, smart woman👍
Good morning from Connecticut, fellow classmates!
I have photos of the furniture that used to be inside the Kingsley Plantation house when it was opened for tours.
Daniel Schafer has written biographies of Zephaniah and Anna. They're rather dry university press publications, but represent the most extensive research available.
growing up near her plantation and I consider it a great honor
I never knew this awesome information. Thank you so much
What a story and What A Woman!
Fascinating and intriguing
Thank you for this information!!
Having grown up in Jacksonville I can only guess Kingsley Beach must have been part of the plantation, too many years ago to remember if I ever knew.
This is why THG is so very important. How else would most of us even know about this incredible woman, the epitome of strength, intelligence and resilience.
Thank you.