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20240706 0800 The Flight to Freedom-Stories About the Southbound Underground Railway that Led to St. AugustineOriginally Broadcasted July 6, 2024, on ACB Media 2

July 6, 2024

20240706 0800 The Flight to Freedom-Stories About the Southbound Underground Railway that Led to St. Augustine Originally Broadcasted July 6, 2024, on ACB Media 2 Attendees discovered the Flight to Freedom story of men, women and children who risked their lives to secure freedom for themselves and their families as they traveled the "southbound underground railway" to St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. Attendees heard the story of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what would become the United States. Colonial Fort Mose is brought to life with hands-on artifacts depicting textiles, foods, tools, and toys that Freedom Seekers would have utilized in 1738. DD Stein, Social Studies Teacher, Florida School for The Deaf and The Blind, St. Augustine, FL. Edited By: Michael Babcock