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Fort Mose Historic State Park

Fort Mose Historic State Park is a state park in Florida, United States, covering 41.4 acres (16.7 ha), established in 1989.

Fort Mose Historic State Park.

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Park facts

Park type	State Park
Location	St. Johns 29°55′46″N 81°19′21″W / 29.9295°N 81.3226°W / 29.9295; -81.3226, Florida, United States
Area	41.4 acres (16.7 ha)
Established	1989
Managed by	Florida state park system

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About Fort Mose Historic State Park

Fort Mose (originally known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose [Royal Grace of Saint Teresa of Mose], and later as Fort Mose, or alternatively Fort Moosa or Fort Mossa) is a former Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida. In 1738, the governor of Spanish Florida, Manuel de Montiano, had the fort established as a free black settlement, the first to be legally sanctioned in what would become the territory of the United States. The original fort was briefly abandoned after the Battle of Bloody Mose in 1740, but was rebuilt at a nearby location and again occupied by free Africans from 1752 to 1763.

Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.