Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America
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Glennette Tilley Turner presents thestory of Fort Mose in the only picture book for children about the first free Black community in America. In 1724, Francisco Menendez escaped from a plantation in the colony of South Carolina and, with a small group of men, headed south to Florida, at the time a Spanish colony, to the town of St. Augustine. There he was granted his freedom. He soon became a member of the Black militia...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0810940566
ISBN13:9780810940567
Release Date:September 2010
Publisher:Abrams Books for Young Readers
Length:48 Pages
Weight:1.16 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 10.0" x 10.3"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
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