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Title Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in colonial America / Glennette Tilley Turner.
Author Turner, Glennette Tilley.
Imprint New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010.
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 Shannon Staub Juvenile Nonfiction  975.918 TUR    ON SHELF
Call # 975.918 TUR
Phys. Desc. 42 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Summary Follows the history of slavery from West Africa to America, recounts what daily life was like, and describes the founding of the Spanish colonys.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-40) 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 Mose -- Slave revolts and their effect -- Petitions to the King -- Rebuilding Fort Mose -- The demise of Fort Mose -- Afterword: Fort Mose today.
Subject Fort Mose Site (Fla.) -- Juvenile literature.
Menendez, Francisco, approximately 1700- -- Juvenile literature.
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Militia -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- 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.
African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 0810940566
9780810940567
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