Posted by: antihellenistic
« on: March 20, 2024, 04:01:19 pm »Historical Folkism
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot page 46 and 47
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In 1521, a few months after Ponce de León died from thigh poisoning, conquistadors landed on the present-day South Carolina coastline. The Spanish crew completed a preliminary survey, but, to prove that they had “discovered” new territory, they kidnapped sixty natives and brought them back to Hispaniola. Excited about the prospects of bling, Spanish bureaucrat Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón wrote to Spain and assured the crown that he wasn’t as stupid as Ponce. He even took one of his captives back to Spain to testify that there was no danger at all in South Carolina. After exploring the coastline once more in 1525, Ayllón eventually returned to the shores of South Carolina on August 9, 1526. With him, he brought more than six hundred passengers who were ready to fulfill his new colonizing contract with Spain. Along with hopeful residents, supplies, and even livestock, Ayllón brought dozens of African slaves.
One reason Ayllón isn’t known as one of the great explorers of his time is that he was terrible at exploring. He crashed a ship and lost most of his supplies on the first day. Then, in November,9 the angry indigenous people joined the enslaved Africans and organized America’s first slave revolt, setting fire to buildings in the settlement. Ayllón and his ragtag band of colonizers hopped back on their ships and jetted back to where the good, sane white people were, leaving everything behind. Of the six hundred who arrived with Ayllón, only 150 made it back to safety.
No one knows what happened to the enslaved Africans who revolted at San Miguel de Gualdape. Only a few returned with Ayllón, and most historians assume they assimilated with the Native Americans. Several tribes in North and South Carolina, including the Lumbee, trace their heritage back to a mixture of indigenous people, whites, and African Americans. What we do know for sure is that both African and Native American populations had one thing in common: resistance.
Source :
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot page 46 and 47