Hillsborough County – History Center Highlights Hillsborough County’s Black History in Newest Exhibit
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 13, 2023
Did you know that the first African-descended individuals who came to Florida arrived as early as the 1500s? The majority were enslaved by Spaniards and involuntarily sailed to Florida as part of exploratory expeditions. It's at this point that the Tampa Bay History Center's newest exhibit, "Travails and Triumphs," begins chronicling the 500-year history of Hillsborough County's Black residents.
Five decades of Florida history"Travails and Triumphs" covers numerous periods in Florida's Black history. This includes the settlements that formed in the 1700s and 1800s, when maroon communities and . . .
