Dr Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida . because of their knowledge of NewWorld agriculture. Many of the colonists (1) CO. 5/544, pp. 37-42, Grant to Hillsborough. 46 THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY OF FLORIDA were entirely ignorant of the methods of clear-ing and planting, all of them had to learn howto raise hemp, cotton and indigo, the articleson which England had placed a bounty. Butthese English overseers came from plantationswhere negroes had been used as laborers and,in addition to being unable to understand thelanguage of their Minorcan, Italian and Greekcharges, they made thems
Dr Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida . because of their knowledge of NewWorld agriculture. Many of the colonists (1) CO. 5/544, pp. 37-42, Grant to Hillsborough. 46 THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY OF FLORIDA were entirely ignorant of the methods of clear-ing and planting, all of them had to learn howto raise hemp, cotton and indigo, the articleson which England had placed a bounty. Butthese English overseers came from plantationswhere negroes had been used as laborers and,in addition to being unable to understand thelanguage of their Minorcan, Italian and Greekcharges, they made themselves unpopular bytheir arbitrary manner and impatience at whatthey claimed was the stupidity and laziness ofsome of the settlers. Also, the colonists hadall come, as generations before and after them,with dreams of ease and plenty to be enjoyedwithout work in Florida. So it was not longbefore peremptory commands and the strictdiscipline necessary to preserve order in thenew colony brought about a clash between theunruly element and their directors. 47. CHAPTER IIITHE UPRISING OF 1768<i) LL seemed peaceful and busy onAugust 8, 1768, two months afterthe last colonist had arrived atNew Smyrna, when Turnbullbrought some planters from theCarolinas down to see the progress his set-tlers had made. The distinguished visi-tors rode over the fields where brush andpine stumps were burning, the fresh-cutoutlines of the farms were just showing andthe great wharfs and wells were be-ing built of coquina. Turnbull showed them
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