# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaspar-yanga
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:42:23.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaspar-yanga"
name: "Gaspar Yanga"
slug: "gaspar-yanga"
description: "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."
tagline: "Leader of a maroon colony near Veracruz, Mexico"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EstatuaYanga.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1545-05-15"
deathDate: "1618"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.41775866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "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"
    title: "جاسبار يانجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga"
    title: "Gaspar Yanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga"
    title: "Gaspar Yanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga"
    title: "Gaspar Yanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ガスパール・ヤンガ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%CC%B1si%CC%B1pat_Yangga"
    title: "Ga̱si̱pat Yangga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga"
    title: "Gaspar Yanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga"
    title: "Gaspar Yanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Янга, Гаспар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Гаспар Янга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Yanga"
    title: "Gaspar Yanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2081727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump