Francisco Menendez
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Who is Francisco Menendez?
Francisco Menendez was a free black military leader serving the Spanish Crown in 18th-century St. Augustine, Florida. He had been a slave in South Carolina and escaped to Florida, where he served in the Spanish militia, leading the garrison established in 1738 at Fort Mose. This site has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, as it was the first legal free black community in what is now the United States.
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