Gaspar yanga biography sample
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Gaspar Yanga
Spanish slave and leader (born 1545)
Gaspar Yanga | |
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Statue of Yanga in Yanga, Veracruz | |
| Born | (1545-05-14)14 May 1545 Guinea Bissau |
| Died | After 1618 San Lorenzo de los Negros, New Spain |
| Nationality | Afro-New Spaniard, possibly of Bran ancestry |
| Occupation | Revolutionary |
| Known for | Established and achieved self-government for a maroon colony of freed slaves |
Gaspar Yanga — often simply Yanga or Nyanga (May 14, 1545 – 1618)[1] was an African who led a maroon colony of enslaved Africans in the highlands near Veracruz, New Spain during the early period of Spanish colonial rule.
He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the colony in 1609.
Gaspar yanga biography sample
The maroons continued their raids on Spanish settlements. Finally in 1618, Yanga achieved an agreement with the colonial government for self-rule of the maroon settlement. It was later called San Lorenzo de los Negros, and also San Lorenzo de Cerralvo.[2]
In the late 19th c