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Prospect Bluff Historic Sites (until 2016 known as Fort Gadsden Historic Site, and sometimes written as Fort Gadsden Historic Memorial) [4] is located in Franklin County, Florida, on the Apalachicola River, 6 miles (9.7 km) SW of Sumatra, Florida. The site contains the ruins of two forts.
1 Σεπ 2024 · Welcome to perhaps one of Florida’s least accessible historic sites and definitely its most overlooked piece of Black history. The Fort Gadsden State Historic Site at Prospect Bluff is roughly six miles southwest of Sumatra, a tiny unincorporated community more than an hour’s drive from Tallahassee.
Negro Fort was a short-lived fortification built by the British in 1814, during the War of 1812, in a remote part of what was at the time Spanish Florida.
Fort Gadsden Historic Site Located on the east bank of the Apalachicola River approximately 45 minutes north of Eastpoint, accessed by Highway 65. The site interprets the role of Native and African Americans during the early 1800s.
Learn about the history of Fort Gadsden, a former British, black, and American fort on the Apalachicola River. Discover how it was destroyed by Andrew Jackson in 1816 and became a Confederate stronghold in 1862.
Learn about the British Post on the Apalachicola, a fort built by the British in 1814 to supply their Indian allies in Florida. Discover how it was attacked and destroyed by the U.S. in 1816, killing 270 people in a massive explosion.
In the heart of 1816, a captivating tale unfolds—the saga of Negro Fort and its fearless leader. Let’s journey into history and meet the legendary Commanding General Garzon, whose pact with the British Royal Marines granted him control over the British Post at Prospect Bluff in Florida.
