Benkos Biohó: The Runaway Slave Who Established the First Free African Town in the Americas in 1599
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ByUzonna Anele Domingo Biohó Also known as Domingo Biohó, was born in the 15th century into a royal family that ruled Bioho one of the Bissagos Islands off the coast of what is today Guinea-Bissau. He was kidnapped by the Portuguese slave trader, Pedro Gomes Reinel a Portuguese merchant who was already the king of the slave trade in Angola. Biohó was then sold to businessman Juan Palacios and transported to what is now Colombia in South America.
Benkos Biohó: The Runaway Slave Who Established the First Free African Town in the Americas in 1599
Benkos Biohó: The Runaway Slave Who…
Benkos Biohó: The Runaway Slave Who Established the First Free African Town in the Americas in 1599
ByUzonna Anele Domingo Biohó Also known as Domingo Biohó, was born in the 15th century into a royal family that ruled Bioho one of the Bissagos Islands off the coast of what is today Guinea-Bissau. He was kidnapped by the Portuguese slave trader, Pedro Gomes Reinel a Portuguese merchant who was already the king of the slave trade in Angola. Biohó was then sold to businessman Juan Palacios and transported to what is now Colombia in South America.