Slave Revolts
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- Quilombo dos Palmares in Brazil most famously led by Zumbi.
- The most successful slave uprising in the Americas was that the Haitian Revolution, which began in 1791 and was eventually led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, culminating in the independent black republic of Haiti.
- Panama also has an extensive history of slave rebellions going back to the 16th century. Slaves were brought to the isthmus from many regions in Africa now in modern day countries like the Congo, Senegal, Guinea, and Mozambique. Immediately before their arrival on shore, or very soon after, many enslaved Africans revolted against their captors, or participated in mass maroonage, or desertion. The freed Africans founded communities in the forests and mountains, organized guerrilla bands known as Cimarrones, and began a long guerrilla war against the Spanish Conquistadores, sometimes in conjunction with nearby indigenous communities like the Kuna and the Guaymí. Despite massacres by the Spanish, the rebels fought until the Spanish crown was forced to concede to treaties that granted the Africans a life without Spanish violence and incursions. The leaders of the guerrilla revolts included Felipillo, Bayano, Juan de Dioso, Domingo Congo, Antón Mandinga, and Luis de Mozambique.
- Tacky's War (1760)
- Suriname, constant guerrilla warfare by Maroons, in 1765-1793 by the Aluku led by Boni
- Berbice, 1763 slave revolt, led by Cuffy
- Curaçao, 1795 slave revolt, led by Tula
- Venezuela, José Leonardo Chirino's Insurrection 1795
- Barbados, 1816 slave revolt, led by Bussa
- Guyana, The Demerara Rebellions of 1795 and 1823[7]
- Bahia Rebellion of 1835 (The Great Revolt)(Brazil)[8].
- Bahia Rebellion of 1822-1830(Brazil)[8].
- Bahia Rebellion of 1835 (Brazil)[8].
- In the British Virgin Islands, minor slave revolts occurred in 1790, 1823 and 1830.
