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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca [a] [b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
"I, Juan Garrido, black in color, resident of this city [Mexico], appear before Your Mercy and state that I am in need of providing evidence to the perpetuity of the king [a perpetuidad rey], a report on how I served Your Majesty in the conquest and pacification of this New Spain, from the time when the Marqués del Valle [Cortés] entered it ...
Morzillo was a black horse owned by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés from 1519 to 1525. After his death, he was deified by the Itza people of the Tayasal region and referred to as Tziminchác.
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
Cortes asked to be allowed to take and distribute slaves "as is customary in the land of infidels, for it is a very just thing". [6] Spanish settlers acquired indigenous slaves in New Spain, just as they did in the West Indies. They took as captives those who had been defeated in war, and sometimes they took over control of persons enslaved ...
La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
"Negro History Week, and later Black History Month, provided, and still provides, a counterpoint to the narratives that either ignore the contributions of Black Americans or misrepresent the history."
Afro-Mexicans (Spanish: afromexicanos), also known as Black Mexicans (Spanish: mexicanos negros), [2] are Mexicans of total or predominantly Sub-Saharan African ancestry. [3] [2] As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved Africans who arrived to Mexico during the colonial era, [3] as well as post-independence migrants.