Evidence Index

A guided catalogue of the local primary sources behind the site's three research paths. PDF documents open in the shared reader; spreadsheets download as original workbooks; JPG and PNG files open as image evidence.

Powell and Florida prison history

Books and prison census

J. C. Powell, The American Siberia (1891)1870 Florida prison census master scan1880 Florida state-prison census scan1880 prison staff roster transcription1880 staff, turpentine workers, and prisoners1880 staff and turpentine workers

Malachi Martin and Gadsden context

Malachi Martin preserved household and penitentiary dataMalachi Martin corrected census transcription1870 Gadsden County census context
Malachi Martin 1870 census imageMalachi Martin census imageMalachi Martin 1870 census detailHousehold detailMalachi Martin 1870 census pagePrison census page

Fortune Ferguson and Newberry

Fortune's record

Fortune Ferguson archival record, April 27, 1927Florida state prison register, 1875-19591910 Ferguson-area census1910 alternate census scan1920 Ferguson-area census

Newberry Six

Newberry Six memorial transcriptJMU historical marker recordWUFT community history

Scholarship and public history

Brandon Jett, Fortune Ferguson and legal changeDeath penalty for children: historical analysisWashington Post juvenile-death-penalty history

Dozier School for Boys

Forensic and official investigations

University of South Florida, 2016 deaths and burials findings1969 visiting committee reportBoot Hill cemetery interim reportDozier campus renovations mapFlorida School for Boys campus map1958 Dozier School handbookCongressional juvenile-delinquency reportDr. Eugene Byrd Senate testimony

Photographic evidence

African American basketball team at Dozier School, 1952Basketball team, 1952Baseball team at Florida Industrial School, 1957Baseball team, 1957Boxing team at Dozier School, 1950Boxing team, 1950Interior of Dozier SchoolSchool interior