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Author	Turner, Glennette Tilley.
Title	Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America / Glennette Tilley Turner.
Publication Info.	New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010, c2010.

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Location	Call No.	Status
San Mateo Main Children's Nonfiction 1st Fl	J 975.9 TURNE	CHECK SHELF

Description	42 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Audience	NC 1180 Lexile.
Note	Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 2.0 140394.
	Reading Counts RC 3-5 10. 5 Quiz: 51310.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The story of Francisco Menendez -- His early life in Africa -- Life in England's America -- Life in Spain's America -- The building of Fort Mosé -- Slave revolts and their effect -- Petitions to the King -- Rebuilding Fort Mosé -- The demise of Fort Mosé -- Afterword: Fort Mosé today -- Glossary.
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.
Subject	Fort Mose Site (Fla.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Menendez, Francisco, approximately 1700- -- Juvenile literature.
	Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Militia -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Free African Americans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Fugitive slaves -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- Juvenile literature.
	Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN	9780810940567
	0810940566

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