Lukumelana nobugqila eVenezuela kwaqala ekuseni kakhulu. Okuqoshwe okokuqala kwenzeka ngo-1532 eCoro kodwa ukuvukela okwaduma kakhulu kwenzeka ezimayini zaseBuria ngo-1552 futhi kwaholwa uMiguel (owaziwa njengo-El Negro Miguel noma noRey Miguel, okusho ukuthi "UMiguel omnyama" no "King Miguel" ngokulandelana).
Isigqila sase-Afrika, u-MIGUEL wavukela unogada ngenxa yezimo ezingcolile ayebhekana nazo ezimayini. Amasiko adluliselwa ngomlomo abika ukuthi wakwazi ukubamba inkemba kanye nesiswebhu salowo owayembhekile futhi ngokusekelwa ezinye izigqila, wahlwitha izibhamu ezithile ezandleni zabaseSpain, wabe eseba nomkakhe uGuiomar, indodana yakhe kanye nenkosi. ezinye izinceku, zabalekela ezintabeni. Wafika lapho, wakha umphakathi wamaroon, wahlela uhulumeni, wakha udonga olukhulu oluzungeza yonke indawo, wakha izindlu, wakhetha umfundisi ozokhonza nokusiza abantu ukuba benze ngendlela okufanele baziphathe ngayo. ukuhlela ibutho. Ngebutho lakhe, uMiguel wakwazi ukumelana nokuhlasela kaningi kwabaseSpain. Ebusuku, yena namadoda ayekanye naye babengena ngokunyenya emasimini azungezile ukuze bancenge ezinye izigqila ukuba zihlanganyele nabo. Amanye amaNdiya nawo ahlanganyela nomphakathi wama-maroon, futhi lesi sakamuva sakhula kancane kancane. Isibalo samaroon ebuthweni lakhe silinganiselwa ku-1200, kanti inani labantu bomphakathi lilinganiselwa ku-10.000. UMiguel waqanjwa njengenkosi, umkakhe indlovukazi kanye nendodana yakhe eyathatha isikhundla sobukhosi.
Ibutho leMaroon lehlulwa ngenkathi abaseSpain esifundeni behlangana futhi ngosizo lomNdiya ogama lakhe linguTocuyo, bahlaselwa bengalindele ngaphandle nje komnyango wombuso omusha. Babulala uMiguel bashaya nebutho lakhe. Ezinye zezigqila zaphinde zathunjwa zaphinde zenziwa izigqila, kepha iningi laphunyuka lakha eminye imiphakathi yamaMaroon ezweni. Imiphakathi yezigqila ezibalekile yaqhubeka ikhula phakathi nekhulu le-1720 nele-30.000, kwathi ngo-60.000 kwakukhona cishe ama-maroon angama-XNUMX uma kuqhathaniswa nama-XNUMX asasebenza emasimini. Ngisho neNdlovukazi uGuiomar, okungenzeka ukuthi wayeyindlovukazi yokuqala futhi okuwukuphela kwayo eMelika wathunjwa nendodana yakhe waphinde wenza izigqila.