"They had the wade-ins here in St. Augustine Beach, where it was a whites-only beach, and so the African Americans came in protest and wanted to swim in the beach," Rumrell said. Nearly 60 years ...

Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort Mose. Why don’t more people know their story?

The centuries-old city of St. Augustine is an enduring reminder of Spain’s long history in Florida, going back generations ...

The British evacuation plan centered on three American ports -- Savannah, Charleston and New York -- as well as the Spanish port of St. Augustine ... Most of the African Americans evacuated ...

Most St. Augustine visitors are familiar with the ... Fort Mose was the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in the U.S., established in 1738. During this time, Florida was governed ...