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Jan Mostaert

Afro-Latinos, history, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Who Was the First Free Black Man in The Americas?

According to what I’ve read, the first documented free man from Africa to land in the Americas was Juan Garrido. He was born in present day Angola, moved to Portugal, then to Sevilla, Spain. A few researchers think he may have been the servant or slave of Pedro Garrido on his first voyages of conquest. […]

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