Esteban Montejo lived as a maroon in the mountains until that time.
11 Facts About Esteban Montejo
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Esteban Montejo served in the war of independence in Cuba.
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Esteban Montejo is known for having his biography published in 1966, in both Spanish and English, several years before his death and when he was already at least in his 90s.
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Esteban Montejo seems to have lived to be about 104.
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Around 1868, Esteban Mesa Montejo was born into slavery on a sugar-cane plantation in Cuba.
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Esteban Montejo grew up with the Afro-Cuban religion Santeria, which combined Catholicism and elements of Yoruba religion.
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Esteban Montejo fled to the mountains, where there were communities of other maroons, refugees who lived beyond the reach of planters.
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Cuba did not abolish slavery until 1886, when Esteban Montejo was about 26 years old.
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In 1962 Esteban Montejo was one of two people featured in a newspaper article about Cubans who were more than a century old.
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Esteban Montejo was contacted by ethnologist Miguel Barnet, who wanted to interview him about his life.
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Esteban Montejo recounted his memories of the Cuban war for independence from Spain in 1898, which he fought in.