Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort Mose. Why don’t more people know their story?
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From Fort Mose To The Civil Rights Movement: Tracing Black History In St. AugustineThere is an excellent display about this period of Florida history at the Fort Mose Visitors Center (stop #9). In 1619, the ...
Fort Mose was the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in the U.S., established in 1738. During this time, Florida was governed by the Spanish, who had a long history of owning ...
Fort Mose. Celebrate the agricultural history of Alpine Groves at the Bartram Living History Festival on May 3 with engaging activities and interactive interpretations from 1740 to the present day on ...
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