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The Spanish colony of Florida had a very relaxed racial attitude during that time, prompting may free blacks as well as escaped slaves to view it as a Slave Sanctuary. Slaves were provided much better legal protection, and runaway slaves stood a better chance of remaining free if they headed to Florida..

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