| Fort Mose: Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom Contributor(s): Deagan, Kathleen A. (Author), Macmahon, Darcie A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813013526 ISBN-13: 9780813013527 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: More than 250 years ago, African-born slaves risked their lives to escape from slavery on English plantations in South Carolina. Hearing that the Spaniards in Florida promised religious sanctuary, the courageous Africans and their Indian allies created the first American underground railroad a century before the northbound railroad of the Civil War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 975.918 |
| LCCN: 94042953 |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 11.03" W x 8.56" (0.53 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book tells the story of Fort Mose and the people who lived there. It challenges the notion of the American black colonial experience as only that of slavery, offering instead a richer and more balanced view of the black experience in the Spanish colonies from the arrival of Columbus to the American Revolution. |