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The first ‘free town’ in the Americas, Palenque founded by those who fled a life of slavery in colonial times, has been preserved intact in Colombia. It’s a unique place, famous for its culture, language, gastronomy and, of course, its history.
10 wrz 2023 · Learn about the history and how to visit San Basilio de Palenque, founded slaves and the first town to be designated a free town in the Americas
3 wrz 2021 · But few know their history or their village, San Basilio de Palenque, the first free town for enslaved people in the Americas. San Basilio de Palenque is a small village in the foothills of the Montes de María, a small mountain range to the south of Cartagena.
1 wrz 2023 · San Basilio de Palenque is a small town in the interior of Colombia’s Caribbean region that has a unique cultural legacy of maintaining many African traditions, even boasting the only Spanish based Creole language still spoken today.
28 paź 2008 · Colombia Dispatch 4: Palenque: An Afro-Colombian Community. Four hundred years ago, escaped slaves formed Palenque. Today, the Colombian town celebrates its African roots.
26 sty 2021 · Facts. A Spanish ship brought over Benkos Bioho, said to be an African king, in 1599. Shortly after, he revolted with around thirty other slaves and escaped the Spanish settlement, fleeing into the blazingly hot and humid Colombia jungle.
4 lut 2024 · San Basilio de Palenque was established by a group of courageous Africans who escaped slavery and sought refuge in the dense jungles of Colombia’s Caribbean region. Led by their visionary leader, Benkos Bioho, they formed a community that became a symbol of resistance and freedom.
