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Gaining La Florida

By okane
  • Spanish settlers bring African slaves to the New World
    Jan 1, 1501

    Spanish settlers bring African slaves to the New World

    The skaves were imported like other products that were shipped around the world living in over crowded conditions usually contracting illnesses from rats on board or because of constant exposure to their own waste.
  • Ponce de Leon
    Jan 1, 1513

    Ponce de Leon

    Free Africans Juan Garrido and Juan Gonzalez de LEon accompany Ponce de Leon in his exploration of La Florida
  • First US European Settlement
    Jan 1, 1526

    First US European Settlement

    The first enslaved Afrcains were brought over to present day Florida, making it the first European settelement.
  • Landing in Tampa Bay
    Nov 15, 1528

    Landing in Tampa Bay

    Panfilo Narvez attempted to settle neat Tampa Bay with 600 people and slaves but a lack of supplies and natural disasters caused some complication.
  • From the Wilderness to Mexico City
    Jan 1, 1536

    From the Wilderness to Mexico City

    Four survivors from the Tampa Bay settlement ended up in Mexico City after walking through the wilderness for 8 years,
  • Hernando de Soto's Florida Exploration
    Nov 18, 1539

    Hernando de Soto's Florida Exploration

    Hernando de Soto explored Florida with free and enslaved Africans.
  • Saint Augustine
    Sep 8, 1565

    Saint Augustine

    Saint Augustine is the oldest permanent city in the US that was established by Spain. It was home to over 600 people and was an area where some slaves ran free.
  • Freedom At Last

    Freedom At Last

    The Spanish government granted freedom to all runaway slaves if the slaves agreed to convert to Roman Catholicism
  • The Great Escape

    The Great Escape

    As a result of the new Spanish rulings, hundreds of slaves escaped from Gerogia and the Carolinas
  • Establishment of Fort Mose

    Establishment of Fort Mose

    An escaped slave, Francisco Mendez agreeded to help defend Florida from the British and helped established Fort Mose
  • Capture

    Capture

    The English invaders capture Fort Mose and recapture some slaves and Spainards
  • Florida gets Traded

    Florida gets Traded

    Spain trades Florida to England at the end of the Seven Year's War for Havana, Cuba. Creating more plantations and importing more slaves.