Zumbi
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Zumbi, also known as Zumbi dos Palmares, was a Brazilian quilombola leader and one of the pioneers of resistance to enslavement of Africans by the Portuguese in colonial Brazil. He was also the last o
Zumbi (1927) by Antônio Parreiras
Bronze head of Zumbi in Brasília, Brazil
Monumento a Zumbi dos Palmares
Cerca do Macaco
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Cerca do Macaco, also called "Cerca Real dos Macacos" or just "Macaco", was an historical settlement located on the peak of the Serra da Barriga in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. It was the main settle
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…defeat the kingdom. On February 6, 1694, after 67 years of conflict with the cafuzos, or Maroons, of Palmares, the Portuguese succeeded in destroying Cerca do Macaco, the kingdom's central settlement. Some resistance continued, but on November 20, 1695, Zumbi was killed and decapitated, his head displayed on a pike…
Stone with writings at the Quilombo dos Palmares memorial, at the original site of Macaco