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Africans in Colonial Florida Timeline Project

  • Migration
    Jan 1, 1501

    Migration

    Spanish settlers bring African slaves to the New World
  • At Sea
    Jan 1, 1513

    At Sea

    Free Africans Juan Garrido and Juan Gonzales de Leo accopany Ponce de Leon in his exploration of La Florida
  • The Very First
    Jan 1, 1526

    The Very First

    First enslaved Africans brought to North America by Lucas Vazquez de Allyon expedition; established settlment of San Miguel de Gualdape in present-day Georgia; thsi is the first European settlement in the geographic United States.
  • Panfilo Narvaez
    Jan 1, 1528

    Panfilo Narvaez

    Panfilo Narvaez attempts to settle area near Tampa Bay with 600 people, including slaves. Lack of suppleis and hurricanes doom venture.
  • 8 years
    Jan 1, 1536

    8 years

    Four survivors of the doomed Tampa Bay settlement end up in Mexico City after walking through wilderness for eight years. Estevanico, and African slave ensures their survival by learning to communicate with navtives along the way.
  • Hernando de Soto
    Jan 1, 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    Hernando de Soto explores Florida and much of the present-day southeastern United States with the aid of fre and enslaved Africans.
  • The Great Escape
    Jan 1, 1565

    The Great Escape

    Staugustine, the oldest permanent city in the USA, established by spain. It is home to over 600 people, including 50 African slaves. Some of these slaves immediately escape into the surrounding wilderness.
  • Converting Slaves

    Converting Slaves

    Spanish government in Florida grants freedom to all runaway slaves from English colonies to the north if slaves agree to convert to Roman Catholicism.
  • Migration

    Migration

    Hundreds of slaves from Gorgia and the Caralina's escape to Florida as a result of Spanish Government's Decision.
  • the agreement

    the agreement

    Francisco Menendez, an escaped slave from the Carolinas, agrees to help defend Florida from the British in exchange for freedom. Establishes Fort Mose, the first free black settlement in the present-day USA, two miles noth of St. Augustine.
  • the Struggle

    the Struggle

    English invaders capture Fort Mose; blacks and Spaniards recapture it a few ays later.
  • the trade

    the trade

    Spain trades Florida to England in exchange for Havana, Cuba, whish spain had lost during the Seven Year's War; as a result, large rice and indigo plantations pop up along the St.John's River in East Florida; thousands of slaves are imported from Africa or brought south from other colonies.