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San Miguel de Gualdape

Ayllón's 600 colonists, most likely on the Georgia coast — including the first enslaved Africans in the future United States, who rebelled.

Collapsed within about three months; only ~150 survivors returned to Hispaniola.

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Moments from the Chronicle

• 1526 San Miguel de Gualdape Ayllón plants 600 colonists on the Georgia coast; the colony collapses within three months.

Further reading

• The Spanish Settlements Woodbury Lowery · 2010

  The classic account of Ayllón's 1526 colony, the first with enslaved Africans in the future United States (reprint of the 1901 history).

• American Colonies Alan Taylor · 2001

  Places Gualdape within Spain's failed Atlantic-coast ventures (broad context).

Sources

• San Miguel de Gualdape — Wikipedia