“The first slave came to Florida in 1526. The first one we know by name, Esteban, which means Stephen, came a couple of years later. So, we start with the stories of Juan Garrido and Esteban to show that African-American people have been here a century longer than anyone thought, and that the diversity we see in the African-American community today has existed since the beginning.”
![“You had one guy who was a slave, and another who wasn't. And I actually know what happened to them. [Juan ] Garrido ended up getting good jobs and a pension in Mexico which was the center of New Spain, as it was called. Esteban ended up being killed by the Zuni Indians.” quote by Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/759/henry-louis-gates-2372_good-job_you-had-one-guy-who-was-a-slave-and-anot_3145014.jpg)
