AP African American Studies / Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
2.1 African Explorers in the Americas
Notes
Africans arrived in the Americas with early Spanish and Portuguese expeditions, some free. Juan Garrido traveled with Spanish conquistadors; Estevanico (Esteban) explored the American Southwest in the 1520s–1530s.
Practice
Estevanico was:
Narváez expedition survivor.
Some of the first Africans in the Americas were:
Early presence.
Juan Garrido is known for:
Conquistador of African descent.
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