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Fort Mose and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
| Title | Fort Mose and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America |
| Names | Turner, Glennette Tilley. |
| Book Number | DB072923 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Biography of Francisco Menendez, who was born in West Africa around 1700, sold into slavery in South Carolina, and freed in Spanish Florida in 1738. Describes his leadership of Fort Mose, the first officially sanctioned free black settlement in what is now the United States. For grades 5-8. 2010. |
| Narrator | Pipes, Nona. |
| Local Subject | Young Adult Book - YA |
| Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN | |
| Biography & Autobiography - BIO | |
| Juvenile Book - JU | |
| Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | Female narrator. |
| For grades 5-8. |
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| LC Subject | African Americans - Florida - Saint Augustine - Biography - Juvenile literature |
| African Americans - Florida - Saint Augustine - History - 18th century - Juvenile literature |
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| Free African Americans - Florida - Saint Augustine - History - 18th century - Juvenile literature |
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| Frontier and pioneer life - Florida - Saint Augustine - Juvenile literature |
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| Fugitive slaves - Florida - Saint Augustine - History - 18th century - Juvenile literature |
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| Florida - History - Spanish colony, 1565-1763 - Juvenile literature |
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| Fort Mose Site (Fla.) - Juvenile literature |
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| Saint Augustine (Fla.) - History - 18th century - Juvenile literature |
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| Saint Augustine (Fla.) - Militia - History - 18th century - Juvenile literature |
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| Call Number | j975.918 JNF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2010 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2010 (VFX, recording studio) |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010. 9780810940567 |