Fort Mose SiteFort Mose Site

First free Black settlement legally sanctioned in what would become the United States. Runaway slaves from the Southern Colonies escaped to freedom here during the early to mid 18th century, making this a precursor to the Underground Railroad.[19] Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Aug_Fort_Mose01.jpg)