210 years ago, on July 27th, 1816, the U.S. conquest of Florida began when Army General Andrew Jackson’s troops destroyed what was known as Negro Fort on the Apalachicola River, 55 miles southest of Tallahassee, Florida, and killed more than 300 formerly enslaved people who had emancipated themselves in order to live free. For the history of those events and their significance, visit
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