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Florida Cattle Trade and Seminole Slavery Debate
Feature interview with Lee Mansfield of the Manatee Cattle Company detailing Florida ranching. Topics cover cattle ranges, markets to Cuba and Key West, branding practices, Everglades Seminole interactions, and the alleged enslavement of African descendants. The piece also touches fur trade, game, and range life with portraits of the industry’s realities and local attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah News
South Florida
Lee Mansfield
Manatee Cattle Company
Mansfield
Tampa
Cattle Company
Senator King
de Soto County
Cuba
Key West
Runta Rasca
Lily White
Alice Vane
Jacksonville
Savannah
Charleston
Florida
Everglade
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Peace Creek
Kisaimmee
Caloosahatchle
Fort Ogden
North
South
Mr. Mansfield
Buffalo Bill