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Spanish settlers bring african slaves to the new world.
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Free Africans Juan Garrido and Juan Gonzalez de Leon accompany Juan Ponce De Leon in his exploration of La Florida
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Enslaved Africans brought to North America by Lucas Vazquez de Allyon expedition. Created settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape in present day Georgia
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Panfilo Narvaez attempts to settle near Tampa Bay with 600 people including slaves. Lack of supplies and hurricanes doom venture.
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The four survivors of the doomed Tampa settlement end up in Mexico City after walking for Eight Years.
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Hernando de Soto explores Florida and much of the southeastern United States with the aid of free and enslaved Africans.
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St. Augustine is the oldest permanent city in the USA established by Spain it is home to over 600 people including 50 African slaves.
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Spanish grants freedom to all runaway slaves if they convert to Roman Catholicism
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Hundreds of slaves from Gerogia and the Carolinas escape to Florida as a result of Spains descision.
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Francisco Menendez, an escaped slave helps defend Florida by setting up Ft. Mose the first free black settlement.
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English invaders capture Fort Mose
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Spain trades Florida to england for Havana, Cuba which Spain lost during the Seven Years War. Many plantations pop up in Florida and thousands of slaves are imported
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