The Conspiracy of the Slaves was a failed plot by Muslim slaves in Hospitaller Malta to rebel and assassinate Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Order of St John, in an attempt to facilitate
The Grand Master's Palace – the location of the planned revolt – as photographed in 2014
![Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, as depicted in an 18th-century portrait by Pierre Bernard [fr]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Emmanuel_Pinto_de_Fonseca.jpg/500px-Emmanuel_Pinto_de_Fonseca.jpg)
Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, as depicted in an 18th-century portrait by Pierre Bernard [fr]
Valletta's Palace Armoury – from where the slaves planned to arm themselves – as photographed by Horatio Agius, c. 1881
Prison cell in the Castellania as photographed in 2016
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A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves, as a way of fighting for their freedom. Rebellions of slaves have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery or have practiced slavery in
1749 Muslim slave revolt plot in Malta
…Maltese: il-konġura tal-ilsiera or il-konfoffa tal-ilsiera; Italian: congiura de schiavi) was a failed plot by Muslim slaves in Hospitaller Malta to rebel and assassinate Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Order of St John, in an attempt to facilitate the capture of Malta by the Ottoman Empire…
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