Canter Brown Jr. is an American historian, professor and author. He was born in Fort Meade, Florida, and earned his degrees at

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

. He has taught at Florida A&M University and has worked at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia. He wrote a book about Florida's African American public officials from 1867 until 1924. Brown has written on Florida and southern United States history, including ''Florida's Peace River Frontier'', earning him the Florida Historical Society's

Rembert W. Patrick Rembert Wallace Patrick (1909–1967) was a historian, longtime University of Florida history professor, and prolific author of works on History of Florida, Florida's history, particularly the Reconstruction Era. The Florida Historical Society g ...

Award, and ''Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor'', winner of the Certificate of Commendation of the American Association of State and Local History, about

Ossian B. Hart Ossian Bingley Hart (January 17, 1821 – March 18, 1874) was the tenth Governor of the U.S. state of Florida, and the first governor of Florida who was born in the state. Born in Jacksonville to Isaiah Hart, one of the city's founders, he was ...

, one of Florida's

Reconstruction era The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865) and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877. During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloo ...

governors.

Bibliography

*''The Supreme Court of Florida, 1917-1972'' (2007) co-authored with Walter Manley *''None Could Have Richer Memories: Polk County Since 1940'' (Tampa, 2004) *''In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County to 1940'' (Tallahassee, 2001) *''Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895'' (Gainesville, 2001) with Larry E. Rivers. *''Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillett Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams'' (Columbia, 2000) with James M. Denham *''The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917'' (1998) co-authored with

Walter Manley Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

*''Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924'', Tuscaloosa (1998) *''Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor'', Baton Rouge (1997) *''Fort Meade, 1849-1900'' (Tuscaloosa, 1995) *''Florida's Peace River Frontier'', Orlando (1991) *''Mary Edwards Bryan : Her Early Life and Works'' by Canter Brown Jr. and Larry Eugene Rivers *''Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South'' by Canter Brown Jr. *''Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction'' by Brown, Canter, Jr.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Canter Jr Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers People from Fort Meade, Florida Florida State University alumni Florida A&M University faculty Fort Valley State University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Historians from Florida American male non-fiction writers