Juan Garrido (c. 1480-c.1550)

Juan Garrido (c. 1480-c.1550)

by EscamillaLuis | Feb 24, 2009 | Global African History, People

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 take part in the Spanish conquest of the West Indies and Mexico in the late 15th and early 16th Centuries.  He later became an...