 Between 1529 and 1537, when Francisco Pizarro was granted permits to import 363 slaves to colonial Peru, a large group of Africans were imported to do labor for public construction, building bridges and road systems.They also fought alongside the conquistadors as soldiers and worked as personal servants and bodyguards.In 1533 Afro-Peruvian slaves accompanied Spaniards in the conquest of Cuzco.