Remembering Suwannee: Black history in Suwannee County, Part 4

Eric Musgrove Contributor Last week, I discussed the end of slavery in the United States, an act that freed millions of African Americans to choose their own paths in life, often for the first time. This week, we continue our study of Black history here in Suwannee County. During the period just before or after the Civil War (the date is unknown), a slave (or former slave, depending upon the source and date) by the name of Abe Davis would regularly dive Little River Springs near his home in what is now Branford, coming back up several hundred feet away. According to legend, his first attempt was made to save his own skin as he was about to be lynched. He jumped into Little River Springs a