Dr. Rosalyn Howard is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, specializing in Cultural Anthropology, at the University of Central Florida. Her presentation will focus on her research about the interrelationships of Seminole Indians and their African allies, who became known as Black Seminoles, in Florida and The Bahamas. Among her publications is the book entitled "Black Seminoles in the Bahamas." Dr. Howard is also a member of an interdisciplinary research team for the "Looking for Angola” project (website:
www.lookingforangola.org ) that is investigating a 19th Century Florida maroon community formerly located in the Tampa/Sarasota Bay area, which has direct connections to her Bahamian research community.
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