Palmares (quilombo)

Quilombo dos Palmares or Angola Janga
1605–1694
Southern part of the Captaincy of Pernambuco, in modern-day state of Alagoas, with representation of the Quilombo dos Palmares
Southern part of the Captaincy of Pernambuco, in modern-day state of Alagoas, with representation of the Quilombo dos Palmares
StatusQuilombo
CapitalSerra da Barriga, today in Alagoas, Brazil
Common languagesBantu languages, Portuguese, Indigenous languages
Religion
Afro-American religions, Kongo religion, Catholicism and Animism, maybe Islam, Protestantism and Judaism minorities
GovernmentConfederated monarchy
• c.1670-1678
Ganga Zumba (first confirmed)
• 1678
Ganga Zona
• 1678–1694
Zumbi (last)
Historical eraColonial Brazil
• Runaway African slaves found the settlement on Serra da Barriga
1605
• Bandeirantes destroy the last fortress (resistance in the region goes until 1790)
1694
Population
• 1690
11,000[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Colonial Brazil
Colonial Brazil

Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in the captaincy of Pernambuco, in what is today the Brazilian state of Alagoas. The quilombo was located in what is now the municipality of União dos Palmares.[2]

  1. ^ Stuart Schwartz, Slaves, Peasants and Rebels: Reconsidering Brazilian Slavery (Illinois, 1994), p. 121.
  2. ^ Nicolette, Carlos Eduardo. Material Didático: O Quilombo dos Palmares Archived 2022-04-22 at the Wayback Machine