USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Estevanico (c. 1500–1539), a Moroccan who was sold into slavery but later became one of the first native Africans to explore the present-day continental United States, traveling on Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s expedition across the Southwest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Estevanico, also spelled Estebanico, was a native of Azamor on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. In Spain prior to 1527, he was baptized as a Christian and became the slave of Andrés Dorantes de Carranza.

Detailed explanation-3: -Estevanico ("Little Stephen"; modern spelling Estebanico; c. 1500–1539), also known as Esteban de Dorantes or Mustafa Azemmouri ( ), was the first African to explore North America. Estevanico first appears as a slave in Portuguese records in Morocco, with him being sold to a Spanish nobleman in about 1521.

Detailed explanation-4: -Known as Estevanico in most historical accounts, Esteban, the focus of Dennis Herrick’s biography, was a black African Moor who participated in two important expeditions to North America during the early sixteenth century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Esteban and the others were initially enslaved by Native Americans but then convinced their captors that they were healers, a status that enabled them to survive and move from native nation to nation as they stumbled toward Mexico. They eventually ran into a group of Spanish slave raiders who took them to Mexico City.