It was based on what primary documents could be used, and interviews mostly with black survivors of the incident; media attention the residents of Cedar Key and Sumner received as a result of the lawsuit discouraged white participants from offering interviews to the historians.
It was based on what primary documents could be used, and interviews mostly with black survivors of the incident. Due to media attention to residents of Cedar Key and Sumner as a result of the lawsuit, white participants generally refrained from offering interviews to the historians.