The first leader of the first settlement of freed slaves in what is now the United States of America, we explore some of the life of Francisco Menéndez, a Mandinka sold into slavery as a boy, escaped slavery in Charles Town, South Carolina Colony, fled south to San Agustín, where he was granted freedom by King Charles II of Spain. His story inspired Charles II to declare La Florida a refuge for all runaway slaves who sought freedom if they joined the militia and converted to Catholicism. We also explore two final Florida Slave Narratives to close out Black History Month, of Douglas Dorsey (Spring Glen) & Mary Minus Biddie (Eatonville).