Joaquín Lenzina
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joaqu-n-lenzina-166-9172083
title:
Joaquín Lenzina
text:
Joaquín Lenzina, commonly known as "El Negro Ansina", accompanied José Gervasio Artigas throughout his life as his most loyal friend. He was born in Montevideo in about 1760, son of black slaves. He was a waterboy who, still as a child, moved to the countryside where he became a payador, a gaucho wandering minstrel. He enlisted as a crew member in a fishing boat which turned out to be a pirate ship. Upon discovering this, he fled to the Brazilian coast where he was captured and enslaved. He was
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Lenzina
date created:
2010-03-20T22:22:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:39:58Z
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