The Life Of A Black Conquistador

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[@hometeamhistory806]

For clarity: I mentioned Juan as an innovator bringing a new food source. I say that only in the context of his claim as he attempted to build his case to the Spanish Crown. Apologies for any misunderstanding

[@JGMAZ]

You might be interested in “Bearing Arms for His Majesty The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial Mexico” by Ben Vinson III. I also read his book “Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico.”

[@InvictusSolDeus]

you can talk about Juan Latino, the first black man who studied at a European university

[@MrMetro-mt5qv]

I don’t know if any type of conqueror is anything to be proud of, but I am alway appreciative when getting history’s full story.

[@TemplarX2]

Conquest is something to be proud of but being a conqueror for a kingdom that was enslaving your people is treasonous.

[@ericsalinas98]

We are all descended from conqueror like it or not. Not one person on this earth is spared from the atrocity of our ancestors we all modernized it's reality we need to move forward and not live 1000 years ago

[@tickles5289]

​@TemplarX2 Spaniards didn't "enslave" blacks. They purchased them from other blacks like the Portuguese did. African/ Arabic (Muslim) slave trade encompassed all races. Africans are comprised of different racial and tribal groups. His "people" would have been his fellow tribesmen or countrymen, not all blacks.

[@radel1492]

Unlike the british or french the spanish empire was very diverse , many blacks in florida joined the spanish against american slave traders

[@The_king567]

The first black person in America was a conquistador

[@wz1thoughtadjuster330]

I love your content, it’s so educational for everyone black and white because some black peoples (young and old) really don’t know where they are coming from and how we have a rich and powerful past and some (most) white people love to believe everything that has been told throughout their lives and believe in some sort of supreme ideology and that they are better than everyone else and always refer to their created his-story and their glorious crimes and moulding of the world to fit their agenda. So the truth about how and why things are the way they are is very important to understand, literally the state of the world is a direct reflection of the past, so it’s easy for some to say “ oh that was a long time ago, or we can’t be responsible for anything done by our forefathers in the past BUT they can continue to benefit from what they did/done in the past right? See my point, bless you, thank you

[@sageex3931]

Exactly

[@matthewmann8969]

You forgot to mention Brown, Yellow, Red, And Olive yeah.

[@Abcd-p2q]

Our past as Black Americans start here in America. But other black cultures try to claim our greatness. No one comes close to accomplishing what us Black Americans have accomplished. Our ancestors are Great

[@sketchalexander]

Thank you for the knowledge please keep it up

[@jer-bear48]

History is complicated. Thank you for expanding our knowledge and understanding of the world we came from. It is powerful to hear more of humanity's story. This encourages us to understand more of what we perceive today. If we don't see history as our shared history, then we cannot see our future as a shared future. I was blown away in Spain when I saw the Moorish influence and history intertwined into the building of cathedrals. The artistry… genuinely awe-inspiring! Thank you again for your videos

[@yakubduncan9019]

Beautifully put!

[@Lacteagalaxia]

Its a great confusion in English moor refered to black or again ethnicity; in tje rest of the Wprld moor is muslim not black; only religion not etnicity in Spain the moor invasiin refered a muslim in 99% arab ethnicity ( midle east) Jordania;Syria etc never Subsaharian Africa blacks in Spain in Muslim era very few more in Roman Empire in Europe included

[@jer-bear48]

@@Lacteagalaxia I was referring to the Muslim structures comingled with Christian buildings. All these ways that separate ourselves are why we create the “them or others.” We cannot build a future “we” until we look back and learn from our entire human history.

[@JustJoe326]

​@@jer-bear48 Yes, we should always include All of human history. Not just black & white. (The vast majority of ancient & current humanity was-isn't black or white)

[@jer-bear48]

@@JustJoe326 I don’t know where you got black-and-white from. But yes, all of human history. It’s so we can better understand all things. It is human not skin color. Humanity is complicated.

[@rayzrealm]

*The staff at HomeTeam are remarkable.*

[@stefferinoz3987]

Most likely he was a Moor who was alive during the time the anglo-saxons were trying to defeat the Moors that were ruling at that time

[@complexblackness]

My father told me about him a few years back.

[@naywahn]

New intro music! 👊🏾

[@activechuckss]

Some black conquistadors were from Iberian Peninsula already. Had been mentally broken and forced conversion to Christianity . They are Black Ladinos

[@uptown_rider8078]

No, they weren’t. Iberians are Europeans, not blacks

[@activechuckss]

@@uptown_rider8078 You must be slow. You do understand that the Moors ruled the Iberian Peninsula for 800 years right? Spain, Portugal, Granada and even some parts of France

[@activechuckss]

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[@Jairo-od8sh]

​@@activechuckssThe majority of Moors were white or rather North African. Look at the Moorish generals who participated in the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, almost none of them are black. The majority of black conquistadors were not Moors but Kongo, because at that time the kingdom of Kongo was converted to Christianity and in relation to the Iberian Peninsula.

[@ragnorzz]

Moors are non black north africans. Juan Garrido was an actual black west african.

[@Rhudely4L]

Him and dontaesboxingnation stay 🔌 the folks 😂

[@celdur4635]

It is known history in the Spanish speaking world.

[@vitus6302]

So when did he „win his freedom“?

[@Cybernaut551]

Intriguing, too-fine.

[@Crowned_ladyd]

Did the intro change? Oh man. I missed something

[@18breaths66]

Lol, this intro is as KRS1 would say "jamming it” but his old one was “slamming it”.

[@arrow1414]

I think part of the reason the story of the Black Conquistadors is largely unknown is because it complicates the moral clarity of the grasping Europeans and the victimized Native Americans (Inca, Maya, Aztecs, etc. in this case) and Africans. You have a few Africans taking part in the conquering of peoples, including participating in atrocities. To many that is very uncomfortable. It is in the same vein of the Conquistadors somehow conquering the native population all by themselves and not that they had a lot of help from the resentful tribes that hated paying tribute to the Native Empire (Inca, Aztecs, etc.). It does not fit with the Europeans being the sole bad guys and the native population being innocent And of course you have white racist who want to say that it was their "superiority" that conquered the "savages" by themselves with no help from the Vassal tribes. All that kept those stories being told by mass media and most school curricula, so the story remains a semi-secret.

[@signalhilltv5237]

Did you know I had a history degree and would answer you? Will make it quick Small pox... Aztecs are the Mexicas/Triple Alliance (Aztecs are broad and it would have been 3 other groups) Juan Garrido and Cortes were mercenaries the person who paid for them to go on the trip, canceled fearing Cortes would double cross him but he went anyway and Juan Garrido would not have been the only African with him. So it was two groups that went and they had to fight off the second group.

[@arrow1414]

@@signalhilltv5237 Okay, but what does this have to do with what I wrote regarding why Black Conquistadors have been largely ignored?

[@signalhilltv5237]

@@arrow1414 ROFL city college in your area sign up for a Latin America history class then you find out they have not been ignored they talk about the black conquistadors and Africa.

[@arrow1414]

​@@signalhilltv5237 I am talking about in the culture as a whole. I am very glad that they are teaching it in college, but in the wider society most people don't even know there were Black Conquistadors. I don't remember seeing any TV shows and movies even mentioning them, not even documentaries. I am sure there are a few, but I don't know them. I'd bet that the vast majority of Americans of any race will not have heard of them, which was the point of this video.

[@brianvesta]

​@@arrow1414Black conquistadors make people feel uncomfortable like black slave owners in the Americas...Hollywood wants you feel comfortable...

[@notorioustori]

Love the new title intro!

[@dionburton1296]

Super Black history that quenches the inner soul of knowledge, for to know thy self.

[@angelaonly7983]

Amazing. What are you saying at the very end of the vid before ‘guys’, & what does it mean? Anyone? Thank you❤

[@muchi1465]

Well, i'm all out. .

[@muchi1465]

.. or . . wela mo laut 😆.

[@angelaonly7983]

@@muchi1465 💕

[@lamarthomas3306]

These were blacks already living in Spain moors to be exact they were kicked out or converted to Christianity if they stayed

[@shotelco]

"Moor” was a Middle Ages, Southern European term that generically described anyone who was Muslim (Arab or Berber) or had dark (darker than pale(er) Europeans) skin. Originating from the Roman for the Mauretania area at the time; What is now the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta. Much like your use of the descriptor "Blacks", it was narrow in terms of geography, but very broad in terms of ethnicity.

[@PropheticWhirlwind]

Thank you for this unknown history but I am not proud of this person. The conquest were horrible and shows the world always had those who wanted to fit right into the injustice of empire. We really need to be honest about this…

[@AlexanderMarcos-wd3fb]

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[@psionicpowers132]

These are the ones Rod Hayes exposing, they look like us but not for us... These are enlil kids

[@jaimendaniel5578]

¿Why not produce a video on Juan Latino, a top Black Spanish scholar, from centuries ago, and protected by the noble family of the Fernández de Córdoba?

[@GTduzIt]

There was also Native American Conquistadors and in some cases they outnumbered the Spaniards... In some cases 9 out of 10 Conquistadors were Native Americans and Enemies of the Aztecs who lived with the Pyramids.

[@PNOTYForever]

During the 1600s the majority of those Conquistators were NATIVE OR MIX NATIVE. Thats why i dont feel sorry for Mexicans when they try to talk that oppressed stuff. Aztecs made up 90% of Hernan Cortez’s army and the other 10% were from Spain. I’m not understanding the “enemies of the Aztecs” thing when the Aztecs were the ones who fought and enslaved other indigenous nations

[@GTduzIt]

@@PNOTYForever that's the point. They enslaved others outside of their kingdom so they had plenty enemies, those enemies were used by Spain to infiltrate the Aztecs and destroy them from the inside. Those survivors mostly are Not the Aztecs but the outsider tribes who the Spaniards used against Aztecs...

[@rosagonzalo6424]

La dinámica del imperio Hispánico fue muy distinta al mundo anglo. Como ocurria en todo el mundo existia la esclavitud, pero estaba regulada y los esclavos podian comprar su libertad. Muchos de los conquistadores negros eran libres y estaban muy hispanizados. Desde temprano se admitieron los matrimonios mixtos. La reina Isabel La Católica prohibió que se esclavizaran a los indios y con las leyes Nuevas se intentó evitar abusos. En USA no se cuenta bien y hay mucha leyenda negra. .

[@bmanjones]

Same thing in Srilanka

[@k.weirdo7747]

Is the art work a real depiction? It looks like Rashad Jamal.

[@fortunatomartino8549]

So you are violent

[@sageex3931]

?

[@TacticalIntellectual12]

Another one sir. Thanks for bringing out the truth from a different and equally important perspective.

[@xeon222]

Isn't it kinda obvious why Black conquistadors were "forgotten" in the history books? The only legitimate reasons I see clearly is that none of those guys were commissioned and paid officially by the Spanish crown, they were pretty much on someone else's expedition. Otherwise, racist revisions of whomsoever were writing those historical accounts.

[@justynhunter9976]

Allotment of Servants???Juan Gordito?

[@muchi1465]

i know of Estevanico and of Pedro Alonso Niño, however, (even) they might be fictional (non historical) figures.

[@GTduzIt]

Nino Brothers, El Nina was the Ship Columbus was brought on the first 3 trips and it was their ship, the Nino Brothers from Ghana/Spain.

[@muchi1465]

@@GTduzIt , things related to the colonization of the America/s and with the trans - Atlantic slave trade are sketchy.

[@muchi1465]

There's no actual proof that Kristobal Kolon (/Christopher Columbus) actually existed.

[@GTduzIt]

@@muchi1465 one could assume Columbus be fictional as well as the Conquistador leaders that destroyed the aztec cities but we have records, for the Nino Brothers as well.

[@muchi1465]

@@GTduzIt , the whole thing was just christian doctrines being spread, a sort of an extended takeover by the christians right after they kicked out the mohamedans from Spain / Alandalus, nothing more, nothing less than that.