Gaspar Yanga
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Gabon |
| Die | San Lorenzo de los Negros |
| New Spain | |
| Known for | Established and achieved self-government for a maroon colony of freed slaves |
| Died | New Spain |
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| ID | 1463637 |
Gaspar Yanga Life story
Gaspar Yanga—often simply Yanga or Nyanga was an African who led a maroon colony of slaves in the highlands near Veracruz, Mexico during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the colony in 1609. The maroons continued their raids on Spanish settlements.
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