{"product_id":"fort-mose-colonial-americas-black-fortress-of-freedom-second-edition-paperback","title":"Fort Mose: Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom, Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Deagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarcie Macmahon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJane Landers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eillustrated story of the history and groundbreaking discovery of an important\u003cbr\u003ehistorical site, fully updated on the 30th anniversary of its first publication\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwards\u003cbr\u003eand praise for the first edition:  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlorida\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican\u003cbr\u003eAssociation for State and Local History Award of Merit\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tells\u003cbr\u003ethe story of Fort Mose . . . as well as the story of the Black experience in\u003cbr\u003ethe American Spanish colonies.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A\u003cbr\u003every important chapter of the U.S. national story.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColonial Latin\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An\u003cbr\u003eexcellently researched and presented book. . . . Deagan and MacMahon have done\u003cbr\u003ea splendid job of bringing a little known story of African American struggle, \u003cbr\u003ecourage and success to the public.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Archaeology Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore\u003cbr\u003ethan 300 years ago, enslaved people of African descent risked their lives to\u003cbr\u003eescape from slavery on English plantations in South Carolina. Hearing that\u003cbr\u003eSpaniards in Florida promised religious sanctuary, they made their way south to\u003cbr\u003eSt. Augustine, Florida. The Spanish established the fort and town of Gracia\u003cbr\u003eReal de Santa Teresa de Mose, the first legally sanctioned free Black community\u003cbr\u003ein what is now the United States. This book tells the story of Fort Mose and\u003cbr\u003ethe people who lived there.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFort Mose\u003c\/i\u003e traces the roots of this eighteenth-century free\u003cbr\u003eBlack town from Africa through Iberia and Hispanic America to the colonial\u003cbr\u003esoutheastern United States. It also tells how archaeologists, historians, local\u003cbr\u003eresidents, teachers, and politicians worked together in the late twentieth\u003cbr\u003ecentury to bring the rich but neglected history of free Black people in the\u003cbr\u003eSpanish colonies to the public. The site of Fort Mose is now a major point on\u003cbr\u003ethe Florida Black Heritage Trail and has been designated a National Historic\u003cbr\u003eLandmark and a UNESCO Site of Memory. Research continues at the location to the\u003cbr\u003epresent day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second edition is updated with new information\u003cbr\u003euncovered about Fort Mose, its inhabitants, and its historical significance. It\u003cbr\u003ereflects recent developments in community involvement and preservation at the\u003cbr\u003esite. And as the first edition did, it challenges the idea that the American Black\u003cbr\u003ecolonial experience was only that of slavery, offering a story of a courageous\u003cbr\u003egroup of people of African descent who realized their vision of\u003cbr\u003eself-determination before the American Revolution.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen\u003cbr\u003eDeagan\u003c\/b\u003e is\u003cbr\u003eDistinguished Research Curator of Archaeology Emerita and the Emerita Lockwood\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Florida and Caribbean Archaeology at the University of Florida.\u003cbr\u003eHer many books include \u003ci\u003eEn Bas Saline: A Taíno Town before and after\u003cbr\u003eColumbus\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDarcie MacMahon\u003c\/b\u003e is director emerita of exhibits and public programs at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Calusa and Their Legacy: South Florida People and Their Environments\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJane Landers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History and Director of the Slave Societies Digital Archive at Vanderbilt University. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 6.2 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978221715757,"sku":"9780813081007","price":28.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/XOjFJWtAZq9780813081007.webp?v=1775801102","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fort-mose-colonial-americas-black-fortress-of-freedom-second-edition-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}