Fortresses on Sand: The History of Florida -- pt. 3
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Treaty of Fontainebleau, Partition of Louisiana
Florida never fell to the british or the french. It was traded away as part of thisdip tic arrangement, because it was not understood to be as valuable as cuba. The spanish withdrew their garrisons, including the company of free africans at mose. They withdrew and mostly resettled in cuba. And a lot of civilians also withdrew down into the sp Spanish west indies or mexico,. In order to remain catholic society, rather than be under the rule of the protestant british.
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