The First Independent Village in the Americas
Jul 05, 2022•12 min•Season 7Ep. 13
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Episode description
In this episode I explain how a group of African slaves in New Spain not only escaped slavery, but successfully created a free independent village prior to any nation in the Americas. #slavery #colonialhistory #afrolatino
References
Carrillo, Karen J. 2021. “Mexico’s First Liberated City Commemorates Its Founding.” Daily JSTOR. https://daily.jstor.org/mexicos-yanga-commenorates-founding/.
Multiple, Authors. 2008. “The First Liberator of the Americas: The Editor's Notes.” Callaloo 31, no. 1 (Winter): 1-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27654749.
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