Beyond Slavery: Spanish legacies in American social and cultural history

The Rafael del Pino Foundation, Lopez-li Films and the United for History Foundation organised the event “The United States and Spain, 250 years of shared history» on 13 April 2026, in which the following will participate Gonzalo Quintero y Jane Landers.

The event took place according to the following programme:

19.00 h. Words of welcome

19.05 h. Gonzalo Quintero
Lecture: “Spain in the American War of Independence”.”

19.30 h. Jane Landers
Lecture: “Why Africans defended Spanish America against British colonisation”.”

19.55 h. Dialogue
“Beyond slavery: Spanish legacies in the social and cultural history of the United States”.”
With Jane Landers, Gonzalo Quintero and Maite Rico (moderator)

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