Juan Garrido
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title:
Juan Garrido
text:
Juan Garrido was an Afro-Spaniard conquistador known as the first documented black person in what would become the United States. Born in West Africa, he went to Portugal as a young man. In converting to Catholicism, he chose the Spanish name Juan Garrido. Juan Garrido joined a Spanish expedition and arrived in Santo Domingo (Hispaniola) about 1502. He participated in the conquest of present-day Puerto Rico and Cuba in 1508. In 1513, as part of Juan Ponce de León's entourage in search of gold, t
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African conquistador in the service of Spain
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Garrido
date created:
2007-10-27T19:45:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:18:17Z
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