Glennette Tilley Turner
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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John Horse was a famed chief, warrior, tactician, and diplomat who played a dominant role in Black Seminole affairs for half a century. A political and military leader of mixed Seminole and African heritage, Horse defended his people from the U.S. government, other tribes, and slave hunters by serving as a counselor of fellow Seminole leaders, an agent of the U.S. government, and a captain in the Mexican army.
2) Fort Mose: and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in Colonial America
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement to legally exist in what is now the United States, established in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1738, and includes over forty images, as well as notes on the uncovering of the fort.
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