Reference Books
Books for further reading on Fort Mose and the Spanish colonial period — the definitive account of the fort and its people, the story of the 1812 campaign that ended its second life, and Kathleen Deagan’s two-volume study of the material culture of Spanish colonial Florida and the Caribbean.
Fort Mose: Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom
The definitive account of Fort Mose and the free Black community it sheltered, drawn from the archaeology of the site.
University Press of Florida, 2020 (second edition)
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The Other War of 1812: The Patriot War and the American Invasion of Spanish East Florida
The 1812–13 campaign that occupied and burned Fort Mose — the “other war of 1812” — told from the letters of the officers who served there.
University of Georgia Press, 2007
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Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500–1800, Volume 1: Ceramics, Glassware, and Beads
The first volume of Deagan’s two-volume study of the material culture of Spanish colonial Florida and the Caribbean — the ceramics, glass, and beads found at sites from La Isabela to St. Augustine.
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987
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Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500–1800, Volume 2: Portable Personal Possessions
The follow-up volume: the portable personal objects — coins, medals, jewelry, and rosaries — owned and used by the residents of Spanish colonial America.
Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002
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