ChrisNuttall
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According to the below book, an African bodyguard accompanied a Jesuit mission to China in the 16th century. This man, who took the name Yasuke, was either traded or gifted to a local warlord, the most powerful man in the region at the time, and became a trusted advisor and Samurai. His new master was on the brink of uniting the region and perhaps even forging a new Japan earlier than OTL.
Disaster struck after a series of victories. A warlord mounted a coup. The master was killed. Yasuke himself was returned to the Jesuits, fought to defend their colony and eventually vanished from history. (He may have left descendents in Japan, but evidence is lacking.)
What if Yasuke and his master had survived long enough to unite Japan earlier?
https://www.amazon.com/Yasuke-story...xt&sprefix=african+sa,digital-text,212&sr=1-2
Disaster struck after a series of victories. A warlord mounted a coup. The master was killed. Yasuke himself was returned to the Jesuits, fought to defend their colony and eventually vanished from history. (He may have left descendents in Japan, but evidence is lacking.)
What if Yasuke and his master had survived long enough to unite Japan earlier?
https://www.amazon.com/Yasuke-story...xt&sprefix=african+sa,digital-text,212&sr=1-2