List of Famous people with last name Yanga

Gaspar Yanga

First Name Gaspar
Last Name Yanga
Born on May 15, 1545 (age 480)

Gaspar Yanga—often simply Yanga or Nyanga was an African who led a maroon colony of slaves in the highlands near Veracruz, Mexico during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the colony in 1609. The maroons continued their raids on Spanish settlements. Finally in 1618, Yanga achieved an agreement with the colonial government for self-rule of the maroon settlement. It was later called San Lorenzo de los Negros, and also San Lorenzo de Cerralvo.

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