sentences:  In pre-abolition Colombian society, many Afro-Colombian captives fought the Spanish and their colonial forces for their freedom as soon as they arrived in Colombia.It is clear that there were strong free Black African towns called "Palenques", where Africans could live as "Cimarrones", that is, those who escaped from their oppressors.Some historians consider that Chocó was a very big palenque, with a large population of "Cimarrones", especially in the areas of the Baudó River.