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What was the Spanish policy regarding enslaved Africans who escaped from English territory into St. Augustine,Florida

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The policy was to give runaway slaves from British colonies freedom if they converted to Catholicism and agreed to server Spain.

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1693, King Charles II of Spain ordered his Florida colonists to give runaway slaves from British colonies freedom and protection if they converted to Catholicism and agreed to serve Spain.

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