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=== Civil War and Reconstruction === | === Civil War and Reconstruction === | ||
{{Main|Florida in the American Civil War}} | {{Main|Florida in the American Civil War}} | ||
{{See also|American Civil War|Reconstruction era}}[[File:Battle of Olustee.jpg|thumb|The [[Battle of Olustee]] during the | {{See also|American Civil War|Reconstruction era}}[[File:Battle of Olustee.jpg|thumb|The [[Battle of Olustee]] during the American Civil War in 1864]] | ||
American settlers began to establish cotton [[plantations in the American South|plantations]] in north Florida, which required numerous laborers, which they supplied by buying slaves in the domestic market. By 1860, Florida had only 140,424 people, of whom 44% were enslaved. There were fewer than 1,000 free [[free black|African Americans]] before the American Civil War.<ref>[http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php Historical Census Browser, Retrieved October 31, 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823030234/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php |date=August 23, 2007 }}</ref> | American settlers began to establish cotton [[plantations in the American South|plantations]] in north Florida, which required numerous laborers, which they supplied by buying slaves in the domestic market. By 1860, Florida had only 140,424 people, of whom 44% were enslaved. There were fewer than 1,000 free [[free black|African Americans]] before the American Civil War.<ref>[http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php Historical Census Browser, Retrieved October 31, 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823030234/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php |date=August 23, 2007 }}</ref> | ||