When Florida Breezes, or Florida New and Old was first published in 1882, residents of the state, and Tallahassee in particular, were not happy. Many of them bought the book by Ellen Call Long, just so they could burn it, reducing the number of copies in existence. Ellen Call Long was an historian, historic preservationist, writer, and silkworm cultivator. Florida Breezes is her fictionalized but accurate account of the planter lifestyle in nineteenth-century Florida, which she experienced first-hand. In the book, Long advocates for the rights of African Americans at a time when laws were being passed in the New South to limit the freedom of formerly enslaved people. This book includes a new introduction by Tracy J. Revels, and an additional essay on Florida in the Civil War by Ellen Call Long. Paperback