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Spanish Settlers bring african slaves to the America's
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Two free Africans Jaun Gonzalez De Leon and Juan Garrido help Ponce De Leon in his expedition of La Florida.
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The first enslaved africans brought to North America by Lucas Vazquez de Allyon Expediton; became first European settlement in the geographic US.
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Panfilo Narvaez attempts to settle near Tampa Bay with 600 other people including slaves. Didnt work because lack of supplies and hurricanes
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Four survivors of the doomed Tampa Bay settlement end up in the Gulf Coast after walking through wilderness for eight years. They survived by learning to communicate with the natives
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Hernado with help with free and enslaved slaves explore florida and much of southeastern United States
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St. Augustine is the oldest permanent city in the USA. Home to 600 citizens and 50 slaves
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The Spanish government gives English slaves freedom if they convert to Catholicism.
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Thousands of slaves from the Carolinas and Georgia escape to Florida as a result of the spanish's government decision.
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Francisco Menendez, an escape slave agrees to help defend Florida from the british in exchange for freedom. Fort Moses is built and is the first free black settlement in present day USA.
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English invaders capture Fort Mose
