For the first time in hundreds of years, a fort now stands at Fort Mose historic site in St. Augustine. The life-sized replica aims to help tell the story of how the Underground Railroad first ran ...

The reconstructed wooden Fort at Fort Mose Historic State Park provides visitors a look at life at the 1740 First Free Black community in North America Fort Mose Historic State Park is the site of the ...

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Seriesis set for its fourth event from Feb. 6-16, 2025, with Macy Gray among the announced headliners. Held at Fort Mose Historic State Park, the ...

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 ...

There now is a fort at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine.In comparison to Castillo de San Marcos, the massive fort a few miles to the south, it’s a small structure. And it isn’t the ...

Fort Mose will launch a Black history trail to educate visitors about slaves' "flight to freedom" to St. Augustine centuries ago. The fort was the first legally sanctioned free Black settlement in ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Black culture stretches further back in St. Augustine history than many may know. The first free Africans in America lived in the area, and when Spain still ruled Florida, Fort ...