EPISODE · Oct 21, 2025 · 46 MIN
Episode 277: Fort Mose
from Welcome to Florida · host Chadd Scott
Fort Mose roughly 1 mile north of St. Augustine has the distinction of being the first free Black settlement in what is now America. Despite that august history, the site remains little known inside or outside of Florida. Kathleen Deagan and Jane Landers have spent the last 40-plus years attempting to uncover and promote the history at Fort Mose. Their book, "Fort Mose: Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom," combines history and archaeology to provide as accurate an account of the Fort as exists.
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Episode 277: Fort Mose
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