Juan Garrido
Conquistador
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... Wikipedia
Born: May 29, 1487, West Africa
Died: 1550 (age 63 years), New Spain
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Sep 19, 2017 · Juan Garrido a.k.a "Handsome John" was an free African conquistador who worked alongside Ponce de Leon for thirteen years.
Juan Garrido (c. 1480 – c. 1550) was an Afro-Spaniard conquistador known as the first documented black person in what would become the United States.
Feb 24, 2009 · Born around 1480 in West Africa, Juan Garrido is the most prominent among the small group of African freemen who traveled to the Americas to ...
Garrido was born circa 1480 on the coast of West Africa and went to Lisbon as a free young man. According to Alegría, he was probably the son of a king who ...
Under Cortés, Garrido journeys to the Pacific coast and Baja California. He is placed in charge of a number of African and indigenous slaves brought as ...
Juan Garrido is the best-known of the numerous African explorers who went to La Florida. He was sold into slavery as a child and taken to Lisbon (Portugal). He ...
By 1519, Juan Garrido was already a veteran black conquistador. He was a free traveler and explorer of many lands, joining in other smaller expeditions and ...
Jan 14, 2019 · Juan Garrido (meaning "Handsome John"), was born in the Kongo kingdom (c. 1487), moved to Portugal as a young man, then Spain where became a ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Juan Garrido was an African conquistador, born in the Kingdom of Kongo in 1487. As a young man he went to Portugal and.