Event Details

"Uncertain Freedom-Africans in Sp. FL" / "Odyssey of an African Sla

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:30 pm

Location: Flagler College, Flagler Room

Description: In commemoration of Black History Month, and in conjunction with the annual "Flight to Freedom" heritage event, the Fort Mose Historical Society is offering two lectures in a series of six lectures entitled "The Birth Place of Freedom - The Story of Fort Mose."

In the first lecture, Dr. Susan Parker will discuss how Spanish Florida balanced the aspirations of newly arrived African refugees, those Africans already living in Florida, and the larger geo-political conflict between Spanish Florida and the British colonies to the north.

Dr. Patricia Griffin's presentation will center on her book, "The Odyssey of an African Slave," containing the only 1st-person slave narrative to emerge from Florida to date--the autobiography of Sitiki, who was born in Africa, enslaved in Georgia, and died a free man in St. Augustine, Florida. She will discuss the perilous journey of Africans fleeing slavery in the British colonies in the north to freedom in Spanish Florida.

FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.