Tuesday 26 June 2012

Free Black - Spanish forces

Fort Mose is mostly known to us today as a place of freedom for runaway slaves where they could enjoy liberty under Spanish rule away from the English colonies. Image from this page. 
Free Blacks fought at Fort Mose in 1740 on the Spanish side. Another image of Spanish Black Militia here

2 comments:

  1. Very interesting, thank you.
    Keith.
    http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/

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