In partnership with VIVA Florida, Fort Mose and the Florida Department of State Parks Department, The African Market at Fort Mose seeks to reestablish the West African cultural heritage of Fort Mose by creating an opportunity for Floridians to experience the language, styles, traditions, food, art and music of West Africa. Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose or Fort Mose (pronounced Moh-Say) is located in Saint Augustine, Florida and was founded in 1738. Fort Mose is the first free African settlement of ex-slaves and it is one of the original sites on the southern route of the Underground Railroad.