A New Start

This book is titled "A New Start" by Gertie Laws. The cover includes an illustration surrounded by a brown frame. The illustration is of four women laying down in the grass underneath trees. The first woman on the left hand side is the closest with her head rested on her hand. The woman behind her is wearing yellow and laughing. The two women in the background lay side by side, smiling.

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Abstract

This is the final book in the trilogy about Anna and her family who had been slaves on a plantation in South Carolina. It is 1740 and Fort Mose has just been burned down by the Georgians from Savannah. Anna and her family occupy themselves with rebuilding. Meanwhile, bullies at school tease Anna for her interest in poetry and she makes friends with a new Indian girl her own age who has just moved nearby. The story ends in 1752 after the new Fort was completed.

The other identifiable local location is the Castillo de San Marcos.

Creator

Gertie Laws

Title

A New Start

Contributor

Illustrations by Mary Hubley

Publisher

St. Augustine, FL: Callaway Press

Format

Paperback book

Language

English

Subject

Historical
Race Relations
Youth

Coverage

Fort Mose

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Bibliographic Citation

Laws, Gertie. A New Start. St. Augustine, FL: Calloway Press, 2004.

Citation

Gertie Laws, “A New Start,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed November 10, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/153.

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