Canter Brown Jr. is an American historian, professor and author. He was born in

Fort Meade, Florida Fort Meade is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. , the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,203. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was named for George Meade, at the t ...

, and earned his degrees at

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. He has taught at

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and has worked at

Fort Valley State University } Fort Valley State University (FVSU, formerly Fort Valley State College and Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School) is a public land-grant historically black university in Fort Valley, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia and ...

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. He wrote a book about Florida's African American public officials from 1867 until 1924. Brown has written on Florida and

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history, including ''Florida's Peace River Frontier'', earning him the

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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

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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 *''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

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