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The 1816 Negro Fort: America's Most Dangerous Slave Refuge
Before the Underground Railroad, there was the Negro Fort — a British-built fortress in Spanish Florida that became the largest free Black settlement in North America. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fort's origins after the War of 1812, its role as a beacon for freedom seekers from Georgia and the Carolinas, and the violent 1816 expedition led by Colonel Duncan Clinch and Andrew Jackson's ally, Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines. They discuss the fort's commander, the African-born warrior Garcon, who chose mass suicide over enslavement, and the legal and…
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