Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in colonial America / Glennette Tilley Turner.
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TextPublication details: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010.Description: 42 pages : color illustrations and maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780810940567
- 0810940566
- 9780545496667
- Menendez, Francisco, approximately 1700- -- 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
- 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
- 975.9/18 22
- F319.F734 T87 2010
- Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2010.
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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.
Follows the history of slavery from West Africa to America, recounts what daily life was like, and describes the founding of the Spanish colonys.
Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2010.
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