Everything about Fort Mose Historic State Park totally explained
Fort Mose Historic State Park (originally known as
Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose) is a
U.S. National Historic Landmark (designated as such on
October 12,
1994), located two miles north of
St. Augustine, Florida, on the eastern edge of a marsh. It is also a
Florida State Park. Also spelled Fort Moosa or Fort Mossa.
History
Fort Mose (pronounced "Moh-say") was the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in what would become the
United States. The community began when
Florida was a
Spanish colony. The Colonial Governor, Manuel Montiano, established the fortified town in
1738, where it became a haven for escaped slaves from the
English colonies to the north.
The military leader at the fort was a man of African origin named
Francisco Menendez
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