What happened to the Huguenots in St. Augustine, Florida?

Jeannette Holland Austin
2 min readAug 4, 2022
French Huguenot Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida

Upon visiting St. Augustine, the history of the region indicates a strong presence of European settlers, including a small settlement of French Huguenots. When I was last there, the cemetery was not available to the public, so I did not get a glimpse of the burial dates!

North America, with the exception of Mexico, was not colonized by Europeans so early as the…

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