Yanga, Veracruz - Wikipedia
Yanga is a municipality located in the southern area of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 80 km from the state capital of Xalapa. It was formerly known as San Lorenzo de los Negros …
YANGA | SITIO OFICIAL
El SNT es el espacio para construir una política pública integral, ordenada y articulada, con una visión nacional, con objeto de garantizar el efectivo ejercicio y respeto de los derechos de …
Yanga: The Hidden History Behind Mexico's African City
Nov 22, 2021 · Located in the state of Veracruz, Yanga is known today as one of the first self-liberated and independent towns in the Americas. It ia is named in honor of Gasper Yanga— a …
Mexico’s First Liberated City Commemorates Its Founding
Oct 20, 2021 · About two hundred years before Mexico’s independence, in 1609, the city known today as Yanga, located in the state of Veracruz, won an important battle against the Spanish …
Municipio de Yanga - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El municipio de Yanga es uno de los 212 municipios del estado mexicano de Veracruz. Su cabecera es la localidad de Yanga , el primer pueblo libre fundado y liberado por una …
Gaspar Yanga and Blacks in Mexico: 1570 African Slave Revolt in Veracruz
Yanga was the name of the Gabon Africa warrior prince who was born approximately 1555 and kidnapped by the Spanish and taken to Veracruz around 1578. Yanga led a successful slave …
City of Yanga, Veracruz Named UNESCO World Heritage Site
Nov 30, 2023 · UNESCO in Mexico, as part and its International Slave Route Project, held a ceremony to unveil the plaque of the declaration as a world heritage site in memory of slavery …
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE - Yanga The Great
In 1570, Yanga, who was an enslaved African prince, led a slave revolt in Veracruz and established the first free colony in the Americas. I took photos in front of the statue of Yanga, …
Yanga – The Great
Yanga organizes a band of fighters to rescue the king and princess but are led into a trap and captured by Spanish soldiers. Yanga is taken aboard a Spanish galleon and transported to …
Justor Daily – Yanga - Yanga The Great
About two hundred years before Mexico’s independence, in 1609, the city known today as ‘Yanga’, located in the state of Veracruz, won an important battle against the Spanish crown, …
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