The Battle of Negro Fort : The Rise and Fall of a Fugitive Slave Community /

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The dramatic story of the United States' destruction of a free and independent community of fugitive slaves in Spanish Florida In the aftermath of the War of 1812, Major General Andrew Jackson ordered a joint United States army-navy expedition into Spanish Florida to destroy a free and independ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clavin, Matthew J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Fugitive slaves > Florida > History > 19th century.
Negro Fort, Battle of, Fla., 1816.
United States > West Florida.
Florida.
West Florida > History.
Florida > History > To 1821.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • War and resistance
  • The British post on Prospect Bluff
  • A free black community
  • Fighting to the death
  • The battle continues
  • Slavery or freedom.

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