The Princess & the Plantation: Anna Madgigine Jai and the Ghosts of Kingsley Plantation
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The Princess & the Plantation: Anna Madgigine Jai and the Ghosts of Kingsley Plantation

Kingsley Plantation is often remembered for its hauntings, but the person most often reduced to legend is the woman who ran it. In this episode, we learn about Anna Kingsley (born Anta Madjiguène Ndiaye, also known as Anna Kingsley, Anta Majigeen Njaay or Anna Madgigine Jai,): a West African princess who was enslaved as a child and later became a plantation matriarch, landowner, and one of the most powerful free Black women in Florida before the Civil War.

By tracing Anta’s life alongside the ghost stories tied to Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, Florida, this episode explores how history, race, and folklore become entangled...and how racial attitudes determine what stories are preserved and what shape they take.

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0:00 Intro
1:28 Southern Ghost Stories Racist Roots
6:28 Anta's Story and History
29:49 Anta's Royal Ancestry and Ancestors
32:41 Other Points of Dispute
37:07 No Photographs of Anta Survive
38:56 Descriptions of Anta
41:44 Ghosts on Kingsley Plantation
43:52 The Ma'am Anna House
46:00 Old Red Eyes
49:49 The Girl by the Well
51:20 Philosophy on Ghosts
53:10 Outro

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