Fort Mose

	Fort Mose Historic State Park
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Site of the old fort
Location	St. Augustine, Florida
Coordinates	29°55′40″N 81°19′31″W / 29.92778°N 81.32528°W
Area	24 acres (9.7 ha)
NRHP reference No.	94001645
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 12, 1994
Designated NHL	October 12, 1994

Fort Mose, originally known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose^[3] (Royal Grace of Saint Teresa of Mose),^[4] and later as Fort Mose,^[2] or alternatively, Fort Moosa or Fort Mossa,^[5] is a former Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida. In 1738, the governor of Spanish Florida, Manuel de Montiano, had the fort established as a free black settlement, the first to be legally sanctioned in what would become the territory of the United States.^[6] It was designated a US National Historic Landmark on October 12, 1994.

Fort Mose Historic State Park, which now includes a visitors' center and small museum, is located on the edge of a salt marsh on the western side of the waterway separating the mainland from the coastal barrier islands. The original site of the 18th-century fort was uncovered in a 1986 archeological dig. The 24-acre (9.7 ha) site is now protected as a Florida state park, administered through the Anastasia State Recreation Area. Fort Mose is the "premier site on the Florida Black Heritage Trail".^[7]

In 2022, the Florida State Parks Foundation was awarded a grant from the Florida African American Cultural and Historical Grants Program to reconstruct the fort for historic purposes. Additional funds were raised from a jazz concert held shortly before the announcement.^[8]

Fort Mose has become a venue for outdoor concerts. Another blues concert was held in February 2023.

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#94001645)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Fort Mose Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-20. Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.
^ Kathleen A. Deagan (2014). "Fort Mose: America's first Free Black Community". In Ann L.; Henderson Gary R. Mormino; Carlos J. Cano (eds.). Spanish Pathways in Florida, 1492-1992: Caminos Españoles en La Florida, 1492-1992. Pineapple Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-56164-744-6.
^ Fastiggi, Robert L. (2010). New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2009. Gale/Cengage Learning. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4144-7527-1.
^ Hurston, Zora Neal; Logan, Rayford Whittingham (1927). Woodson, Carter Godwin (ed.). "Communications". The Journal of Negro History. 12 (1). Association for the Study of Negro Life and History: 664.
^ Cite error: The named reference precursor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Darcie MacMahon; Kathleen Deagan (September–October 1996). "Legacy of Fort Mose - Archaeology Magazine Archive". Archaeology. 49 (5). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ "St. Augustine's Fort Mose gains more exposure, over $1.23M boost from grants, jazz series". St. Augustine Record. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#94001645)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nhlsum-2] "Fort Mose Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-20. Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.

[HendersonMormino2014-3] Kathleen A. Deagan (2014). "Fort Mose: America's first Free Black Community". In Ann L.; Henderson Gary R. Mormino; Carlos J. Cano (eds.). Spanish Pathways in Florida, 1492-1992: Caminos Españoles en La Florida, 1492-1992. Pineapple Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-56164-744-6.

[Fastiggi2010-4] Fastiggi, Robert L. (2010). New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2009. Gale/Cengage Learning. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4144-7527-1.

[WoodsonLogan1927-5] Hurston, Zora Neal; Logan, Rayford Whittingham (1927). Woodson, Carter Godwin (ed.). "Communications". The Journal of Negro History. 12 (1). Association for the Study of Negro Life and History: 664.

[precursor-6] Cite error: The named reference precursor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[MacmahonDeagan1996-7] Darcie MacMahon; Kathleen Deagan (September–October 1996). "Legacy of Fort Mose - Archaeology Magazine Archive". Archaeology. 49 (5). Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[8] "St. Augustine's Fort Mose gains more exposure, over $1.23M boost from grants, jazz series". St. Augustine Record. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

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