Francisco De Arobe
Francisco de Arobe (Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Viceroyalty of Peru, c. 1543 - Esmeraldas, after 1606) was a leader of the Afro-indigenous maroons, maroon communities, also known as zambos, who lived along the coast of Esmeraldas during the early years of the Viceroyalty of Peru, during the period when the Royal Audience of Quito was being founded. He was portrayed by :es:Andrés Sánchez Gallque in the famous painting known as ''The Mulattos of Esmeraldas''. Early years Francisco de Arobe was the son of a black man named Andrés Mengache from Madagascar and a Nicaraguan indigenous woman of unknown name. Together they had managed to escape from a slave ship anchored on the coast of Esmeraldas. Andrés Mengache founded a maroon community on the coast in the 1550s and 1560. By 1577 he had been killed in disputes with neighbouring Native American communities. His sons Juan and Francisco inherited his leadership role. In that year another maroon leader, Alonso de Illescas sought to ...
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