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The Spanish colonized Florida because as the English spread southward the Spanish control was threatened. In order to weaken the English colonies, in 1693 the Spanish announced that enslaved Africans that escaped to Florida would be protected and given property if they helped protect the colony. During the 1700's hundreds of slaves managed to escape to and fled to Florida.
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