CZM Rewind: Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
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Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about the Black and Indigenous soldiers who lived free in a fort in Spanish Florida until Andrew Jackson broke a lot of laws to fight them.
Original Air Date: 12.18.23
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