Through the years, the plague had devastated Europe, and the Europeans started to rebuild after plague with eyes on the New World. The King of Spain seeking riches, from across the waters in the New World, financed Christopher Columbus voyage to the New World. Columbus acquired a ships and crews, and among his crew were some free Africans, and his trusty Navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, an African Moor, who had sailed the waters of the Atlantic. So, Columbus sailed from Spain in 1492. He supplied the ship in Porto Rico, Cuba, and finally arriving on an island that he named Hispaniola, (present day Haiti) in 1494. When he returned to Spain, Columbus had gold , spices, sugar cane, and Indian natives. The King ordered Columbus to return to Hispaniola with slaves to establish colonies. He arrived in Hispaniola with a ship full of slave in 1511. But nine year later, the slaves revolted, because of ill treatment, and staged the first slave uprising in the New World.
The King of Spain sent many explorers to establish colonies in the New World, such as Vasco Nunez de Balboa, who sailed throughout …show more content…
Augustine, in Florida in 1565, which is the oldest established settlement in the United States, but at St. Augustine’s settlement the Africans deserted the settlement to live with the Indians, and these Africans are considered the first to have settled in the United States. The Spanish explored from the Southwestern United States, as far as, the lower Mississippi River Valley, into Kansas, and New Mexico, where many Africans remained. During this period, the Spanish Crown abolishes slavery of the Native Americans, but not the Africans, although, the Africans were among the founders and early settlers of numerous towns, such as, in Texas, New Mexico, and California. The various towns, include, Laredo, El Paso, and San Antonio in Texas; Albuquerque in New Mexico, Tucson, Arizona, and in California, San Diego, Monterey, and San
The King of Spain sent many explorers to establish colonies in the New World, such as Vasco Nunez de Balboa, who sailed throughout …show more content…
Augustine, in Florida in 1565, which is the oldest established settlement in the United States, but at St. Augustine’s settlement the Africans deserted the settlement to live with the Indians, and these Africans are considered the first to have settled in the United States. The Spanish explored from the Southwestern United States, as far as, the lower Mississippi River Valley, into Kansas, and New Mexico, where many Africans remained. During this period, the Spanish Crown abolishes slavery of the Native Americans, but not the Africans, although, the Africans were among the founders and early settlers of numerous towns, such as, in Texas, New Mexico, and California. The various towns, include, Laredo, El Paso, and San Antonio in Texas; Albuquerque in New Mexico, Tucson, Arizona, and in California, San Diego, Monterey, and San