Robert A. Taylor – A Salty Story

Florida historian Robert A. Taylor discusses his article A Salty Story. The story chronicles the rise of Confederate Florida’s profitable salt mining industry in the midst of the Civil War.

Robert A. Taylor is a professor of history and the dean of the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts at the Florida Institute of Technology. He has edited, co-edited, authored and co-authored eight books — many of which focus on Florida’s role in the Civil War.

 

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