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Spanish settlers bring african slaves to the new world
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Free africans juan garrido and juan gonzalez de leon accompany juan ponce de leon in his exploration of la florida
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First enslaved africans brought to north america by lucas vasquez de allyon expedition; established settlement of san miguel de gualdelupe in present day georgia; this is the first european settlement in the geographic united states
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panfilo narvaez attempts to settle near tampa bay with 600 people but fails because of lack of supplies and hurricanes.
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4 survivors of the tampa bay settlement end up in north carolina after walking through the wilderness for eight years; estevanico, an african slave, ensures their survival by learning to communicate with natives along the way