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Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
- Title
- Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America / Glennette Tilley Turner.
- Author
- Turner, Glennette Tilley.
- Publication
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ F 11-177 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 11-140 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Description
- 42 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Tells the story of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement to legally exist in what is now the United States, established in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1738, and includes over forty images, as well as notes on the uncovering of the fort.
- Subjects
- Free African Americans > Florida > Saint Augustine > History > 18th century
- Menendez, Francisco, b. ca. 1700
- Florida > History > Spanish colony, 1565-1763
- Fort Mose Site (Fla.)
- African Americans > Florida > Saint Augustine > Biography
- Black author
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) > Militia > History > 18th century
- Frontier and pioneer life > Florida > Saint Augustine
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) > History > 18th century
- African Americans > Florida > Saint Augustine > History > 18th century
- Fugitive slaves > Florida > Saint Augustine > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 Mosé -- Slave revolts and their effect -- Petitions to the King -- Rebuilding Fort Mosé -- The demise of Fort Mosé -- Afterword: Fort Mosé today -- Glossary.
- Call Number
- Sc+ F 11-177
- ISBN
- 9780810940567
- 0810940566
- LCCN
- 2009052205
- OCLC
- 490077443
- Author
- Turner, Glennette Tilley.
- Title
- Fort Mose : and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America / Glennette Tilley Turner.
- Imprint
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ F 11-177JFF 11-140