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Fort Mose : Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom

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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.

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University Press of Florida
0813013518 / 9780813013510
Hardback
30/09/1995
United States
64 pages, 125 colour photographs, 84 b&w photographs, bibliography, index
280 x 220 mm, 535 grams
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