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During the St Augustine City Commission meeting last night, Monday, February 28th, Historic City News subscribers watched as the commission proclaimed March 2022, to be Minorcan History and Culture Month in St Augustine. The Minorcan presence along Florida’s Historic Coast is traced back to 1768, when Dr. Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish speculator, cast his sight…
It is likely Jose wanted Ana to be free before they had children. A child born to Ana while she was a slave would have been considered Pellicer's property
The introduction to Gerald Horne's The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America.
The forthcoming July 10 observation of the transfer of Florida to the U.S. in 1821 reminds us of the two prior transfers of Florida between nations.