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Gainesville Namesake, Gen. Edmund Gaines, a Shameful and Racist Reminder of the Massacre at Negro Fort.
Major General Edmund P. Gaines - the The namesake for the City of Gainesville,Fl - gave the order to destroy Negro Fort on Florida's Apalachicola River on July 27, 1816. The result was the massacre of more than 270 men, women, and children, and destruction of the largest free black settlement in North America.
Gainesville No More: Organizers and sympathizers of the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement deserve nothing less than a petition to remove a violent reminder of the massacre at Negro Fort by renaming the current Alachua County seat in accordance with an uplifting and non-racist moniker of moral correctness.
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(Amazon) The Fort at Prospect Bluff: The British Post on the Apalachicola & the Battle of Negro Fort. (2020)
The deadliest cannon shot in American history was fired at the "Negro Fort" at Prospect Bluff on Florida's Apalachicola River on July 27, 1816. The resulting explosion killed more than 270 men, women, and children, and destroyed the largest free black settlement in North America. The Fort at Prospect Bluff is a remarkable look at this shocking episode of American history. The author digs deep into the letters, documents, eyewitness accounts, and military reports to tell the story with more depth and clarity than ever before. This book tells an amazing story of Native Americans fighting to preserve their lands, Maroons (escaped slaves) making a desperate stand to protect their freedom, U.S. and British troops confronting each other during the War of 1812, and a shocking attack and its bloody aftermath.
The Fort At Prospect Bluff - Dale Cox - (Amazon)
"Major General Andrew Jackson, hero of New Orleans, was instructed by the war department to seek out Spanish intentions regarding the fort. He did so, and is often blamed for giving the order that it be destroyed, although he did not. The actual orders came from Major General Edmund P Gaines." (Excerpt)
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Removing the Racist Stain of Gainesville
City Name Changes in the State of Florida
Alligator → Lake City
Cowford → Jacksonville[citation needed]
Jernigan → Orlando
Lake Worth → Lake Worth Beach
Saint Petersburg Beach → St. Pete Beach
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How to Replace Gainesville as the Official Name of the Seat for Alachua County
HERALD: In the city of Plantation, a renaming petition sponsored by a longtime resident has inspired turmoil online. Plantation resident Dharyl Auguste, 27, started the petition on change.org on June 7, inspired by the recent toppling and removal of Confederate statues and other monuments associated with racism nationwide.
Petition: https://www.change.org/p/ron-desantis-changing-the-name-of-the-city-of-plantation
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HERALD: Why some Floridians want to rename Broward County, Plantation and Lee County