Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America

Título
Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America

Glennette Tilley. Turner

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2010

Descripción física
42 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Materia personal
Menendez, Francisco, b. ca. 1700.

Término de la materia
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.

Término geográfico
Fort Mose Site (Fla.)
 
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Militia -- History -- 18th century.
 
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History -- 18th century.
 
Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763.

Síntesis
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.

ISBN
9780545496667

Información de publicación
New York : Scholastic, [2010].


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