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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.
Gaspar yanga biography for kids
He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the colony in 1609. 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