Enough fleeing slaves gathered to build independent fortified settlements called palenques

Evidence

Soon, however, the fugitive slaves grew numerous enough to begin the formation of their own settlements, communities that came to be known in Mexico as palenques. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 649

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes ‘palenque’ as a term for self-formed runaway slave settlements