Read the excerpt from the royal decree issued by King Charles II of Spain in 1693 concerning enslaved people fleeing British colonies:
"...giving liberty to all... the Men as well as the Women... so that under the rule of my royal word they may be spared... and that they be instructed in the Holy Catholic Faith..."
Which of the following was a direct consequence of the Spanish policy described in the excerpt?
- The establishment of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose) as a legally sanctioned free Black settlement and defensive outpostCevap
- BThe legal codification of the distinction between temporary flight (petit maroonage) and permanent runaway communities (grand maroonage) in Spanish colonial law
- CAn immediate shift among enslaved populations toward covert, everyday resistance strategies like tool breaking to secure conditional Spanish freedom
- DThe execution of the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina, which occurred decades before this Spanish policy was officially enacted
Cevap
The establishment of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose) as a legally sanctioned free Black settlement and defensive outpost
The Spanish decree of 1693 offered freedom to enslaved people escaping British colonies in exchange for conversion to Catholicism and military service. This policy directly resulted in the founding of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose) in 1738 near St. Augustine, Florida, serving as the first legally sanctioned free Black town in North America and a critical defensive buffer for the Spanish territory.
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Anahtar Kavram
Maroon Societies and Flight from Enslavement
İpuçları
1
Consider the geographic destination of the enslaved people fleeing the British colonies under this decree.
2
The decree promised freedom in Spanish Florida. Think about the named settlement that was established near St. Augustine to house these freedom seekers.
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