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
Author:
ISBN:
9780810940567
Physical Description:
42 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Language:
English
Format:
Book
Subject:
| 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. |
| Fort Mose Site (Fla.) -- Juvenile literature. |
| Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Militia -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature. |
| Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature. |
| Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763 -- Juvenile literature. |
| Menendez, Francisco, approximately 1700- -- Juvenile literature. |
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.
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.
