Floridanos

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Floridanos
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Floridanos (English: Floridians) is a term for colonial residents of the Spanish settlements in St. Augustine and Pensacola

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History

Main article: Spanish Florida

Established on September 8, 1565,

Pensacola. The term "Floridano" was the term used by the Spanish colonial authorities to designate Spanish Floridian immigrants to Cuba.[6] Spain recovered East Florida and gained control of West Florida through the Peace of Paris of 1783.[7][8] The governors of the provinces of East and West Florida promoted Spanish migration to them. Florida was ceded to the United States in 1819 by the Adams–Onís Treaty
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In 2010, an historical marker titled "Los Floridanos" that commemorates the Floridanos was unveiled at St. Augustine's Visitor Information Center.[6]

Demographics

The number of descendants of Spanish settlers in Florida is unknown. However, two of the earliest settlers, Francisco Sanchez and Manuel Solana, are known to have between 500 and 1,000 descendants living in the state. Manuel Solana was a descendant of Alonso Solana who had arrived to Florida in 1613 as a soldier in the Spanish military. These settlers were some of the few Spaniards who remained in Florida when the territory was ceded to Great Britain in 1763. Their descendants founded the Los Floridanos Society in St. Augustine,[9] whose main function is to teach the history and legacy of the first settlers (1565-1763) to interested people. Some people of Cuban origin living in Florida also have ancestors in Colonial Florida. Some of the descendants of East Florida Governor José María Coppinger, who was not a settler of Florida and lived in Cuba his last years, also live in Florida.[10][11]

Notable Floridanos

  • Eligio de la Puente (1724–1781), Floridano who held various public offices in St. Augustine, Florida and in Havana, Cuba during the 18th century

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8130-5505-3
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  2. ISBN 978-0-8203-1712-0
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  3. ^ James A. Jones, Jr. (2015-09-05). "Manatee's 'Los Floridanos' to attend 450th anniversary reunion in Saint Augustine". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  4. ISBN 978-1-000-86928-6
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  5. ^ Landers, Jane (1996). "An Eighteenth-Century Community in Exile: The Floridanos in Cuba" (PDF). New West Indian Guide/ Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (1/2). Leiden: 41.
  6. ^ a b Parker, Susan R. (23 May 2010). "Identifying los floridanos was important task". St. Augustine Record.
  7. JSTOR 2502623
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  8. ISBN 978-0-300-05917-5
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  9. ^ Lilly Rockwell (2013-01-05). "Early Spanish settlers saw Florida as 'a business opportunity'". Florida Trend. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  10. ISBN 978-0-8173-5332-2
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  11. ISBN 978-0-89729-409-6
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External links
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