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The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail connects history, culture, and outdoor recreation from Nogales, Arizona to the San Francisco Bay Area. This newsletter brings communities and partners together along the 1,200-mile route. Follow along to learn about news, events, and accomplishments along the Anza Trail.

Afro Latinos and the development of early California

February 15, 2019 Posted by: Miguel A. Marquez

Among the earliest non-indigenous residents of California were hundreds of people of African background who descended from slaves taken to Mexico during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

These Afro-Latinos, as they have come to be called, helped shape the character of California by blazing trails and establishing towns and ranches that grew into major cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, Monterey, and San Jose.

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