Cultural Landmarks in Florida along the way PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mawusi Hazard   
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 00:26

Freemanville Settlement

 

 

 

Day Five: Sebastian Fl. we walked up on a historic marker declaring the location of "Freemanville...;....".. Established in 1866 by a union soldier, Dr Hawks" and other union officers brought '1000 ex slaves by steamboat to Volusia county".  by 1868 there were "3000 African american" residents living in the area thus making it the largest settlement in the region....
 

 

 

 

AA Cultural SocietyDay Six: We were in Bunnell, Fl. we met a pastor and received a donation as well as an invitation to visit a group of folks meeting at the Church of Christ of Flagler County a little further up the raod....  unfortunately time did not allow us to make that meet... but... just 4 miles pass the church Baba Geuka walked up on the "African American Cultural Society, Inc... A beautiful large building with a pyramid out front (1 /100 scale) setting on a well manicured lawn resting back off the road about 100 yards.... Their we met Ed Pinto, Kwando M. Kinshasa and their wives...We were invited in to the building and took a picture  tour....  


Later that afternoon we visited Ft. Mose in St. Augustine.and settled in for the night...

Peace & Good Days,

Mawusi Hazard

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