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The Floridian Republic (Florida’s Golden Age):
Founded by the British, the Southern colony of East Florida was built on faith, family, and freedom. Following the British withdrawal in 1783, East Florida had become a land of oppression and corruption. Spain banned all religions other than their own rigid and clericalist brand of Catholicism and propagated the myth that entering a Protestant place of worship automatically resulted in eternal damnation. Bribery bent the rules for some, but many people suffered. By 1812, the Floridian Revolution was on! The people of East Florida would unite against the Spanish Empire and elect John Houstoun McIntosh as the President of the Republic of Florida. The Republic of Florida, also called the Republic of East Florida, would be aided by many refugee families living in Georgia after the failed East Florida Rebellion of 1795. After liberating Amelia Island, the republic would establish Florida’s first constitution, legislature, and judiciary. After much prayer, Saint Brigid was chosen as the heavenly protector and patron saint of Florida. This fact-based book details the culture, faith, and lore of the Floridians and their revolution which lasted from 1812 to 1819.
About the Author:
Bran M.P. Brooks, DPM, MPH, is a Catholic, husband, father, seventh-generation Native Floridian, podiatric physician and surgeon, and postdoctoral public health fellow at Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, NH. Dr. Brooks chaired the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Floridian Revolution for the McIntosh Society, served as a national chair for Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, and has received over 100 awards and honors from Catholic schools and universities in Florida. Notably, Dr. Brooks received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, the Saint Leo University Alumni Association’s highest honor, at age 29. Saint Leo University (Saint Leo, FL) is the oldest Catholic university in Florida and second largest Catholic university in the United States.
