In a marshy Florida fort a couple of miles north of Saint Augustine, for up to 120 years before Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the inception of the Thirteenth ...
Fort Mose, located near St. Augustine, Florida, is the site of the first free-slave settlement in what is now the United States. Established in 1738, Fort Mose provided refuge for those escaping ...
Annual festival connects history and community through music at first free Black settlement in U.S. Fort Mose JAzz and Blues ...
The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series returns to St. Augustine in February with five shows in a historic setting. The shows will be held at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, site of the ...