The Battle of Negro Fort: The Rise And Fall Of A Fugitive Slave Community

by Matthew J. Clavin

Book Overview

The dramatic story of the United States' destruction of a free and independent community of fugitive slaves in Spanish Florida

In the aftermath of the War of 1812, Major General Andrew Jackson ordered a joint United States army-navy expedition into Spanish Florida to destroy a free and independent community of fugitive slaves. The result was the Battle of Negro Fort, a brutal conflict among hundreds of American troops, Indian warriors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479837334
• ISBN13: 9781479837335
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"