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  • Refuge
    A safe place for protection.
  • What did Lucius remember during patrol?
    How scared and hopeful his family felt when they first arrived.
  • Fort Mose
    A place in St. Augustine, Florida, where escaped enslaved people found freedom.
  • How many people lived at Fort Mose by October 1754?
    Almost one hundred.
  • Why was it risky for Miss Celia to teach reading?
    Enslaved people were not supposed to learn to read.
  • What did Lucius help gather and dry?
    Palm fronds to repair huts and build new ones.
  • Depicts
    Shows or describes clearly.
  • What surprised Will about Lucius?
    That he knew how to read and write.
  • Why is Lucius's diary important?
    It is a record of their life and struggle for freedom.
  • Who kept the records at the fort?
    Father de Las Casas.
  • Why did Lucius write a diary?
    To record what happened for future people to understand.
  • Why did Lucius and his family go to Fort Mose?
    They escaped from a plantation to gain freedom.
  • Ignored
    Did not pay attention to or respond.
  • What gift did Mr. Samuel Carter give Lucius?
    A free diary.
  • Who taught Lucius to read and write?
    Miss Celia.
  • Why were the new arrivals from Virginia weak and starving?
    They had traveled a long distance with little food.
  • What does Lucius say about Fort Mose to Will?
    "Here, you are free to learn."
  • Discarded
    Thrown away or gotten rid of.
  • What did Lucius do while on patrol?
    He walked the fort walls looking and listening for danger.
  • Lucius Jackson
    The 12-year-old boy who kept a diary about life at Fort Mose.
  • What did Mr. Carter say about writing?
    People in the future could learn about their life and freedom.
  • Treacherous
    Dangerous or risky.
  • What did Lucius offer to teach Will?
    How to read and write.
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