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Fort George:
After six years the British West Florida population swelled from 2000 colonists and slaves, to nearly six thousand. To better defend the city, three new fortifications were built north of the waterfront stockade. Fort George (1772) was to be the principal fort. Several hundred yards north, on higher ground, the Queen's Redoubt and the Prince of Wales Redoubt were part of the system. Fort George consisted of a square parade ground, an earthen rampart with four demi-bastions, surrounded by a dry moat. The fort wall mounted 20 cannon. An outer earthwork stretched southwest for approximately 600 feet. |