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Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
Title:
Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
Personal Author EPSB:
Glennette Tilley. Turner
Summary:
Tells the story of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement to legally exist in what is now the United States, established in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1738, and includes over forty images, as well as notes on the uncovering of the fort.
Year Published:
2010
Physical Description:
42 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Personal Subject:
Menendez, Francisco, b. ca. 1700.
Subject:
African Americans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- Biography.

African Americans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 18th century.

Free African Americans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 18th century.

Fugitive slaves -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 18th century.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Florida -- Saint Augustine.
Geographic Term:
Fort Mose Site (Fla.)

Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Militia -- History -- 18th century.

Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History -- 18th century.

Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763.
ISBN:
9780545496667
Publisher:
New York : Scholastic, [2010].
Edmonton Public Schools