Description: This book tells the story of Fort Mose, the first legally sanctioned free Black community in what is now the United States, highlighting a courageous group of people of African descent who realized their vision of self-determination before the American Revolution.
Brief description: Jane Landers is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History and Director of the Slave Societies Digital Archive at Vanderbilt University. Her many books include Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions.
Review Quotes: Awards and praise for the first edition:
Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award
American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit
"Tells the story of Fort Mose . . . as well as the story of the Black experience in the American Spanish colonies."--Washington Post
"A very important chapter of the U.S. national story."--Colonial Latin American Historical Review
"An excellently researched and presented book. . . . Deagan and MacMahon have done a splendid job of bringing a little known story of African American struggle, courage and success to the public."--Public Archaeology Review