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Nearly 200 years before slavery was abolished in the US, Black freedom-seekers journeyed south instead of north to a place that promised freedom.

Strong demand and an impressive display of bulls led to record-breaking trade at the Beef Shorthorn bull sales. With 47 bulls sold, the average…

A 12-year project to rebuild Fort Mose, a sanctuary where Blacks fled to freedom in the 17th and 18th centuries, will be completed later this year in Florida.

The Fort Mose Historical Society and the Florida State Parks Foundation host a groundbreaking ceremony to begin building a full-scale Fort replica

St Augustine Catholic Church Archive. David LaFevor, CC BYFor most Americans, black history begins in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought some “20 and odd Negroes” as slaves to the English colony of Jamestown, in Virginia. Many are not aware that black history in the United States goes back at least a century before this date. In 1513, a free and literate African named Juan Garrido explored Florida with a Spanish conquistador, Juan Ponce de León. In the following decades, Africans...

In Pictures: all systems go at Royal Highland Show 2023-06-28

In pictures: Irish stars shining bright at Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh 2023-06-22

St. Augustine History Festival features 32 events in the nation’s oldest city

Teachers often ignore the Spanish colonization of Florida. That’s too bad. Taught correctly, it could instill patriotism in many Americans. But that’s not what PBS did when it finally brought this history to “viewers like you.” It presented instead a tendentious, revisionist version intended only to depict America as racist and oppressive.

Taking pride in their pedigree cattle and making it their passion is the Landers family of the Cairnsmore herd, who certainly dedicate their life to…