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quilomboor mocamboIn colonial Brazil, a community organized by fugitive slaves. Quilombos were located in inaccessible areas and usually consisted of fewer than 100 people who survived by farming and raiding. The largest and most famous was Palmares, which grew into an autonomous republic and by the 1690s had 20,000 inhabitants. It owed its prosperity to abundant irrigated land and the abduction of slaves from Portuguese plantations. The abducted slaves were kept in bondage by the runaways. Several Portuguese and Dutch slave-hunting expeditions (bandeira) attempted to destroy Palmares; one of these finally succeeded in 1694. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | She called the owner of the Mocambo, the hottest club in the 1950s, and told him she wanted Fitzgerald booked. Sally stars in Marilyn, Meet Ella: Marilyn And Ella Live at the Mocambo - a new play by Bonnie Greer - at The Pleasance Ace Dome from August 5-28. Interestingly, when the character Cudjoe's shoddily constructed houses fall and kill some of Toussaint's inhabitants, it is "Nanny's guidance to the Mocambo [court] . |
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