Fort Mose
And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Format: Book
Description: 42 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Recounts the story of Fort Mose, which was founded in St. Augustine, Florida, and was the first free African settlement to legally exist in what later became the United States.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: NC1180L
ISBN:
0810940566
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C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Colonial Tur | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-40) and index.