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1) Fort Mose: and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of Fort Mose, which was founded in St. Augustine, Florida, and was the first free African settlement to legally exist in what later became the United States.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Presents the memoir of a nineteenth-century slave, from his kidnapping in Africa, his journey to America, his life as a slave in North Carolina, his impressions of Spanish St. Augustine, and his change of status to freedman and minister.
5) Ghost squad
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join forces with Syd's witch grandmother, Babette, and her tubby tabby, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the town and Lucely's firefly spirits before it's too late."--Jacket...
Author
Series
Florida trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Turner Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Born in Charles Town, South Carolina, Mary, a skilled midwife, accompanied her first husband, British soldier David Fenwick, when his regiment fought the Spanish in Cuba. When Spain agreed to give all of Florida in exchange for the city of Havana, Mary (who became known as Maria) and her husband were forced to relocate to the newly British garrison town of St. Augustine, Florida.
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