Fort Mose
Amari, Tidbit, and Polly end up at Fort Mose after their long journey to freedom. After days and days of walking they finally arrived to there destination. Fort Mose didn't have streets of gold like Cato had said, but they were “Streets of free” as Amari put it. Fort Mose was a small fort surrounded by logs, dirt, and earth walls. The fort was quite small, only about twenty square yards, but soldiers patrolled the outside perimeter of the wall. Not just white soldiers though, both black and white soldiers worked together to patrol the fort. Fort Mose was located in the Spanish Florida, and was founded in 1738 by Colonial Spanish Florida's Governor, Manuel Montiano. Around one hundred Africans lived in Fort Mose, there were around twenty two huts that various families lived in. It has been estimated by historians that there were approximately eight girls, seven boys, fifteen women, and thirty-seven men that lived in Fort Mose. It was one of the original sites of the Southern Underground Railroad route. Fort Mose is considered a National Historic Landmark, this came in to place in 1995. Fort Mose is also a Historic State Park. It was named a National Historic Landmark and a Historic State Park to honor of the Africans that risked their lives to escape to freedom. Archaeologists have been working hard to uncover some of the secrets of Fort Mose that historians haven't been able to. They have recovered the remains of the fort, along with its moat, the clay covered earth walls and wooden buildings inside the fort. Archaeologist have also discovered a variety of artifacts such as flattened bullets, gunflints, metal buckles, and hardware. Some of the household items they discovered included thimbles, ceramics, nails, and glass bottles. Food items included burned seeds and bone. Today there is still an ongoing effort to preserve the remains of Fort Mose and to make it available for people to come and see.
Amari, Tidbit, and Polly end up at Fort Mose after their long journey to freedom. After days and days of walking they finally arrived to there destination. Fort Mose didn't have streets of gold like Cato had said, but they were “Streets of free” as Amari put it. Fort Mose was a small fort surrounded by logs, dirt, and earth walls. The fort was quite small, only about twenty square yards, but soldiers patrolled the outside perimeter of the wall. Not just white soldiers though, both black and white soldiers worked together to patrol the fort. Fort Mose was located in the Spanish Florida, and was founded in 1738 by Colonial Spanish Florida's Governor, Manuel Montiano. Around one hundred Africans lived in Fort Mose, there were around twenty two huts that various families lived in. It has been estimated by historians that there were approximately eight girls, seven boys, fifteen women, and thirty-seven men that lived in Fort Mose. It was one of the original sites of the Southern Underground Railroad route. Fort Mose is considered a National Historic Landmark, this came in to place in 1995. Fort Mose is also a Historic State Park. It was named a National Historic Landmark and a Historic State Park to honor of the Africans that risked their lives to escape to freedom. Archaeologists have been working hard to uncover some of the secrets of Fort Mose that historians haven't been able to. They have recovered the remains of the fort, along with its moat, the clay covered earth walls and wooden buildings inside the fort. Archaeologist have also discovered a variety of artifacts such as flattened bullets, gunflints, metal buckles, and hardware. Some of the household items they discovered included thimbles, ceramics, nails, and glass bottles. Food items included burned seeds and bone. Today there is still an ongoing effort to preserve the remains of Fort Mose and to make it available for people to come and see.
This picture shows what the thimble they recovered at Fort Mose might have looked like.
Fort Mose looked like this, just a few small huts
This picture shows the sigh you see before going into Fort Mose Historic State Park.
This painting also shows what Fort Mose looked like
You see this sign near Fort Mose, it tells you about what Fort Mose did to help runaway