Excavation of Fort Mose

Explore Research at the University of Florida: Kathleen Deagan, a Distinguished Research Curator Emeritus of Historical Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the Fort Mose excavation and its importance. Founded in 1738, Fort Mose was the first legally sanctioned town of free black people in what is today the United States. The Fort Mose site has been the focus of a multidisciplinary historical archaeological research program since 1986, carried out by the Florida Museum and funded by the state of Florida.