Wed/ Thurs/ Fri - 11am - 4pm
|Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
In the Shadows of Plantations: Enslaved Africans in Alachua County
Exhibit is ongoing at the museum.


Time & Location
Wed/ Thurs/ Fri - 11am - 4pm
Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, 837 SE 7th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
Guests
About the event
"The history of Alachua County cannot be told without including the story of the enslaved Africans who labored on local plantations and farms. Enslaved laborers were brought to Alachua County with white planter families from South Carolina, Georgia and elsewhere at different times, but especially between the 1820s and 1850s. Alachua County became a major county in Florida's cotton belt, producing cotton, rice, vegetables, and other crops. The economy was based on the labor of enslaved people who worked as builders, carpenters, cooks, blacksmiths, midwives, herbalists, domestics, crop cultivators and more."
                                                 Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn
This exhibit is in remembrance of Dr. Patricia Hilliard Nunn, a founding board member of CCMCC who organized the original "In the Shadows of Plantations" panel in 2007 at the Matheson Museum.
Sponsors include: The Bob Graham Center, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, The Matheson Museum
Past Events
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Blessing of the Building,
May 18, 2018
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony,
November 12, 2018
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Let’s Celebrate – Opening Gala,
February 2, 2019
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Gospel Extravaganza,
April 28, 2019
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Black Music Month and Soul Food Festival,June 8, 2019
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Juneteenth Breakfast,
June 21, 2019
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Opening Reception – Jazz Age, African Americans in the Performing Arts Exhibit,
October 11, 2019
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Reception – Virtual Reality Harlem Renaissance Exhibit,
November 2, 2019
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Storytelling with Gainesville’s Pioneer Communities, December 2, 2019
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Families That Sing Together, December 14, 2019
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Ujamaa – Children’s Kwanzaa Program,
December 29, 2019
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Jazz Age Coming Alive Movie Night,
January 24, 2020
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Words Matter- Stories Poetically Told, January 26, 2020
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Reception - Roots and Light – Black Artists in Gainesville Exhibit,
February 22, 2020