A historically grounded narrative reconstruction exploring the life of Francisco Menéndez, who escaped British slavery in Carolina during the Yamasee War only to face re-enslavement in Spanish Florida. The story details his leadership in St. Augustine's Black militia, the hard-fought 1738 royal decree granting freedom to the petitioners, the founding of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (the first legally sanctioned free Black town in what is now the United States), and the dramatic 1740 battle to reclaim the settlement from British occupiers.