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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.

Publication Info. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010.
©2010

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J973.2 T    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 973.2 TUR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 975.9 TUR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  JJ-B MENENDEZ, FRANCISCO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J975.9 TUR    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  J 973.2 TUR    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 973.2 TUR    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Historical Non-Fiction 973.2 TUR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 975.9 TURNER    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department  J 975 TURNER    Check Shelf
Description 42 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [38]-40) 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.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 2.0 140394.
Subject Fort Mose Site (Fla.) -- Juvenile literature.
Menendez, Francisco, approximately 1700- -- Juvenile literature.
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Militia -- History -- 18th century -- 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.
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9780810940567
0810940566
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