A MOMENT IN HISTORY
Palmares becomes a haven for escaped slaves
1605 CE · Brazil, South America · Civil Rights
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.
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