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

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

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Additional authors
  1. Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
  1. 42 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. African Americans > Saint Augustine > Biography
  2. African Americans > Saint Augustine > History > 18th century
  3. Florida > History > Spanish colony, 1565-1763
  4. Fort Mose Site (Fla.)
  5. Free African Americans > Saint Augustine > History > 18th century
  6. Frontier and pioneer life > Saint Augustine
  7. Fugitive slaves > Saint Augustine > History > 18th century
  8. Menendez, Francisco, approximately 1700-
  9. Saint Augustine (Fla.) > History > 18th century
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. Sc+ F 11-177
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Turner, Glennette Tilley.
Title
  1. Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America / Glennette Tilley Turner.
Imprint
  1. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2010.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Schomburg Children's Collection.
LCCN
  1. 2009052205
ISBN
  1. 9780810940567
  2. 0810940566
Research call number
  1. Sc+ F 11-177
  2. JFF 11-140
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