TY  - BOOK
AU  - Turner,Glennette Tilley
TI  - Fort Mose: and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in colonial America 
SN  - 9780810940567
AV  - F319.F734 T87 2010
U1  - 975.9/18 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Abrams Books for Young Readers
KW  - Menendez, Francisco,
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Florida
KW  - Saint Augustine
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Free African Americans
KW  - Fugitive slaves
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Fort Mose Site (Fla.)
KW  - Saint Augustine (Fla.)
KW  - Militia
KW  - Spanish colony, 1565-1763
KW  - Literature
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-40) and index; 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
N2  - Follows the history of slavery from West Africa to America, recounts what daily life was like, and describes the founding of the Spanish colonys
ER  -