# Gaspar Yanga

> Gaspar Yanga, also called simply Yanga or Ñanga, was a Central African man who led a maroon colony of enslaved Africans in the highlands near Veracruz, New Spain during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. In 1609, Yanga led a successful rebellion against a Spanish attack on the maroon colony. Through negotiation with Spanish colonial authorities Yanga achieved freedom for the maroon and the right to self-rule sometime between 1618 and 1641. The settlement was called San Lorenzo de los Negros, and was the first free town in the Americas.

*Leader of a maroon colony near Veracruz, Mexico*

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## Identity
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1545-05-15
- **Died:** 1618
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [جاسبار يانجا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7)
- [Gaspar Yanga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [Gaspar Yanga](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [Gaspar Yanga](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [ガスパール・ヤンガ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC)
- [Ga̱si̱pat Yangga](https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%CC%B1si%CC%B1pat_Yangga)
- [Gaspar Yanga](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [Gaspar Yanga](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [Янга, Гаспар](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80)
- [Гаспар Янга](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0)
- [Gaspar Yanga](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2081727)

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