More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans risked their lives to escape English plantations in the Carolinas and find freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. In the late 1600s, enslaved Africans began to escape from English plantations in the Carolinas upon hearing that the Spaniards in
As Florida changed hands, the fort was occupied by the military, and then finally
After the Seloy-Menéndez fort and town were moved to Anastasia Island in 1566, the area around the Fountain of Youth Park remained a Timucua settlement. Despite the presence of the Spanish blockhouse “at San Agustín el Viejo”, relations between the Timucua and the Spanish continued to be hostile un
The end came for the Nombre de Dios stone church in 1728, at the hands of Col.
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My primary focus is to integrate the sciences with hands on experiences inside the
St. Augustine Collections The materials from St. Augustine, Florida (1565-present) were generated by systematic archaeological excavations over the past 40 years (1959-1999) on 33 Spanish colonial, British colonial, African American, American Indian and post-colonial sites in St. Augustine, Florida
Between 1777 and 1782 the lot passed rapidly through the hands of five British owners
Photo courtesy of Noah Mueller Florida’s wildlife Researchers have had their hands
