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Spanish settled St. Augustine on September 8, 1565. It was a military
outpost that included three standing fortifications by the 1740’s.
They were the Castillo de San Marcos on the east, Fort Matanzas
to the south and Fort Mose to the north. Word of freedom spread
to the Afro-American slaves of the English colony of Carolina. The
Spanish had decreed that freedom would be granted to any slave that
reached the Spanish colony if they would convert to the Catholic
religion. In 1738, Governor Manuel de Montiano established the new
town Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, also known as Fort Mose,
the first free black settlement in the Americas. These new soldiers
posed a fierce line of defense as they would fight to the death
to protect their freedom. Students sample a soldiers life
in Spanish Florida, and learn how hard it was to start a new colony.
On Site Activities
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Colonial pump drills were used to make holes for wooden pegs in building homes.
Corn was ground up by hand. It was a common dish for the Spanish. |
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