The Minorcan Quarter, The Colonial Tale of St. Augustine - Minorcan, #2

In 1777, as war raged in the thirteen colonies of America, a destitute band of Mediterranean immigrants escaped slavery from one Florida colony to begin anew in another, St. Augustine. Desperate, six hundred survivors of the ill fated New Smyrna Colony took up arms and fled, escaping nine years of brutality, starvation, disease and death. They were met at the gates of an unwelcoming city by new challenges, sacrifices and disasters.
The fourteenth colony of Florida is greatly overlooked in our nation's history. Yet from our nation's oldest city comes this tale of how the longest surviving inhabitants earned the right to call St. Augustine home. Their frontier existence was a day-to-day struggle to survive oppression, epidemics and wars. Follow this band of refugees as they scratch a new life from the hostile streets and set down deep roots.
They started out fourteen hundred strong and after nine years held against their wills, over one thousand died. The governor intervened promising to end their plight and suffering. Governor Patrick Tonyn tells the band of refugees they can have land in the city of St. Augustine to start anew. The Minorcans risk their lives to escape indentureship in the brutal colony only to find things were not as promised by the governor.
Many more would die on the streets as they waited for the promised land. The Minorcan Quarter is a story about life and raising a family in a wretched and unfriendly environment where little was gained without plenty of sacrifice. Often humorous, the author spins an engaging tale built around strong characters, both men and women, facing major events in our nation's history. Against all odds their spirit prevailed in the ghetto despite the ever changing English, Spanish, and American governments.
Following in the path of the first novel, The Minorcan Yoke, the sequel, The Minorcan Quarter is an inspirational tale of struggling immigrants. They not only survive but thrive through extremely difficult times, as they are ravaged by catastrophes to build a proud community that has lasted for centuries.