The Kingsleys: A Novel
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Abstract
**Warning: Some readers may find certain scenes in this book disturbing.**
**Warning: The language in this book represents the time period and is not considered acceptable.**
This novel, based on a true story, follows Anta Madjiguene Ndiaye, who was born to loving parents, was torn away by slave traders along with her mother at age thirteen, and forced to march across the desert to the continent's western coast. She survives the transatlantic voyage, but not in one piece. During the crossing, she catches the eye of a man who becomes obsessed with her, makes her his Atlantic crossing "wife," buys her, and only after a time, marries her - Zephaniah Kingsley. A widower, he has many concubines, but she becomes his principle wife. The ship lands in Cuba, but Zephaniah and Anta travel onto St. Augustine, then his plantation on Doctors Lake, Laurel Grove. She is renamed Anna, and they had four children and many grandchildren. She eventually owns her own plantation, which she calls, Mandarin, before war and La Florida being transferred to the United States changes the fortune of the Kingsleys.
The identifiable local locations are the St. Johns River and Cortez Street (probably Cordova St.).
This book includes at least one slave auction and at least one rape scene.
**Warning: The language in this book represents the time period and is not considered acceptable.**
This novel, based on a true story, follows Anta Madjiguene Ndiaye, who was born to loving parents, was torn away by slave traders along with her mother at age thirteen, and forced to march across the desert to the continent's western coast. She survives the transatlantic voyage, but not in one piece. During the crossing, she catches the eye of a man who becomes obsessed with her, makes her his Atlantic crossing "wife," buys her, and only after a time, marries her - Zephaniah Kingsley. A widower, he has many concubines, but she becomes his principle wife. The ship lands in Cuba, but Zephaniah and Anta travel onto St. Augustine, then his plantation on Doctors Lake, Laurel Grove. She is renamed Anna, and they had four children and many grandchildren. She eventually owns her own plantation, which she calls, Mandarin, before war and La Florida being transferred to the United States changes the fortune of the Kingsleys.
The identifiable local locations are the St. Johns River and Cortez Street (probably Cordova St.).
This book includes at least one slave auction and at least one rape scene.
Identifier
SPECIAL PS3604 .U66 K56 2022
Access Rights
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Creator
Title
The Kingsleys: A Novel
Publisher
[Florida: Self-Published]
Date
Format
Paperback book
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Historical
Race Relations
Race Relations
Coverage
2nd Spanish Period
Florida Territory
Florida Territory
Accrual Method
Purchased
Bibliographic Citation
Dunn, Marvin. The Kingsleys: A Novel. [Florida: Self-Published], 2022.
Collection
Citation
Marvin Dunn, “The Kingsleys: A Novel,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed June 22, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/264.