Fort Mose : Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose : a free Black town in Spanish Colonial Florida
Entry/Object ID
Library.742
Description
34 pages ; 23 centimeters
Fort Mose : Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose : a free Black town in Spanish Colonial Florida
Reprinted from El Escribano 1991.
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1738, the Spanish established the fort-town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose as the first legal, free Black community in the United States. This book shows how the people of "Fort Mose" shaped Spanish international policy on slavery and provided inspiration for all slaves.
Collection
Library
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History., Florida -- History -- Colonial period to 1821., Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763., African Americans -- Florida -- History -- Colonial period to 1821.