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Here Are 15 Freedom Towns That Kept Black People Alive After Slavery

“View from the top of Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida”Photo: roc8jas (Getty Images) Fort Mose, Fla. was actually the first “Black town” in the United States. It was formed by Francisco Menendez, a Black military commander in the Spanish army in 1738. He was previously enslaved in South Carolina but escaped and became […]

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