Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...

It was known as Fort Mose (pronounced mo-ZAY). Established in 1738, it is the first legally sanctioned settlement of freedom seekers and other Africans in the Americas. Fort Mose, a don’t miss ...

Fort Mose was the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in the U.S., established in 1738. During this time, Florida was governed by the Spanish, who had a long history of owning ...

One of the most pernicious allegations made against the African-American people was that our slave ancestors were either exceptionally “docile” or “content and loyal,” thus explaining ...