From The Publishers – November 2023
From 1763 until the 1980s Fort Mose was “Unknown”. From then until the planned reconstruction is completed in
From 1763 until the 1980s Fort Mose was “Unknown”. From then until the planned reconstruction is completed in
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In 1687, a group of eight men, two women and a child traveled by dugout seeking freedom from enslavement in a Carolina colony. They found it in St. Augustine. Four years later, the Spanish King Carlos II issued the first official crown position on runaway enslaved people that made
How do you build a replica of an 18th-century fort with no historical plans or detailed descriptions? With a lot of research and a sense
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The dream to reconstruct the original structure at Fort Mose requires a little blood, sweat, toil and tears – and a lot of money. Leading
St. Augustine and St. Johns County are already known for their historical sites and attract millions of visitors annually. And while Fort Mose has been
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The project to reconstruct Fort Mose will stand out as a milestone for the Fort Mose Historical Society, but it will be one in a long line of achievements for the volunteer organization. The citizen support organization was formed in 1996 after archaeological work on the site of the
