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For the first time, Spanish settlers bring African slaves to the New World.
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Ponce de Leon begins his exploration of La Florida. He was accomponied by free Africans Juan Garrido and Juan Gonzalez.
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Lucas Vazquez de Allyon expidition brings to North America, for the first time, enslaved Africans. In this expedtion Vasquez de Allyon established the settlement of San Miguel de Gualdelape, the first European settlement in the geographic United States.
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Panfilo Narvez attempted to settle the area near Tampa Bay with a party of 600 people, including slaves. However, the attempts were dismantled by a Hurricane and lack of supplies.
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Four survivors of the Tampa Bay settlement wandered the wilderness for eight years, eventually reaching the Gulf Coast. An African slave by the name of Estevancio esnures thier survival by learning to communicate with natives while on their jounrey.
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Accompanied by both enslaved and free Africans, Hernando de Soto explores Florida and much of the present-day Southeastern United States
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The Spanish goevrnment in Florida grants to all slaves from English settlments so long as they convert to Catholicism.
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Slaves escape from Georgia and the Carolinas by the hundreds, and flee to Florida.
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Francisco Menendez, an escaped slave from the Carolinas gave help to the Spanish in defending Florida from the British in exchange for his freedom. He then established Fort Mose, the first settlement for free Africans in the geographical United States.
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English invaders capture Fort Mose, temporarily. Soon after, it was recaptured by Blacks and Spaniards.
