The deadliest cannon shot in American history was fired at the "Negro Fort" at Prospect Bluff on Florida\'s Apalachicola River on July 27, 1816.
The author digs deep into the letters, documents, eyewitness accounts, and military reports to tell the story with more de.
The Fort at Prospect Bluff is a remarkable look at this shocking episode of American history.
The resulting explosion killed more than 270 men, women, and children, and destroyed the largest free black settlement in North America.
The deadliest cannon shot in American history was fired at the "Negro Fort" at Prospect Bluff on Florida\'s Apalachicola River on July 27, 1816