Fort Mose
Subtitle: colonial America's Black fortress of freedom
By: Kathleen Deagan and Darcie MacMahon.
Contributors: MacMahon, Darcie A.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 53
ISBN-13: 9780813013527
Subjects: African Americans -- Florida -- Antiquities.; African Americans -- Florida -- History -- 18th century.; Fugitive slaves -- Florida -- History -- 18th century.; Fort Mose Site (Fla.); Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763.
Description: In 1738, when more than 100 African fugitives had arrived, the Spanish established the fort and town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, the first legally sanctioned free black community in what is now the United States.

This book tells the story of Fort Mose and the people who lived there. It challenges the notion of the American black experience as simply that of slavery, offering instead a rich and balanced view of the African-American experience in the Spanish colonies from the arrival of Columbus to the American Revolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 49) and index.