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Mystery confines Estebanico, black explorer of US Southwest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A black Moroccan slave who explored present-day Texas, New Mexico and Arizona with Spanish conquistadors is credited with being the first person of African descent to enter the American Southwest — but he's all but absent from the states' histories. No parks, buildings or malls have been named in honor of Estebanico (es-tih-bahn-EH'-coh) like they have for other Spanish conquistadors.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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