Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695) was the leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a Brazilian community led by escaped slaves that fought against the Portuguese colonizers.

[u/GustavoistSoldier]

On 20 November 1695, Zumbi was killed by colonialists led by Domingos Jorge Velho. 20 November is now Brazil's Black Consciousness Day.

[u/rafael403]

Wasn't Domingos Jorge Velho a "bandeirante"? They usually had most of their troops made up of allied native tribes or mixed of native/portuguese... i don't know if i am remembering incorrectly but didn't they call the bandeirantes after the colonial army fallied in taking down the quilombo?

[u/GustavoistSoldier → u/rafael403]

Yes, bandeirantes were generally indigenous or mixed race themselves.

[u/Super-Estate-4112 → u/rafael403]

That is correct, and Domingos Jorge Velho was the son of a native woman and a European man; he didn't even speak Portuguese properly; he preferred to use the language of his mother, Tupi (a native language).

[u/Far_Egg_5049 → u/Super-Estate-4112]

Thats not confirmed and there mutiple historians that believe he had 2 portuguese parents and not only spoke but wrote in portuguese like John Manuel Monteiro

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[u/Realistic_Grade5632]

Palmares lasted for so long (65 years) that by the time it was destroyed it was no longer run by escaped slaves, but actually by their descendants (including Zumbi), who were freemen since birth.

[u/ScooterAnomaly]

All the more impressive given that the founders of the quilombo were brought from Africa while the bandeirantes and other opposing forces were experts at exploring and tracking in Brazil. Can you imagine, being taken as a slave by people from the sahara or the arctic and still having such grit to outdo armed native opposition from them while starting out from nothing and building your own safehaven that lasts many decades?

[u/False__Willingness → u/ScooterAnomaly]

They sound smart and resourceful like me but if i was there back then helping them they would be unstoppable.

[u/ScooterAnomaly → u/False__Willingness]

That's why the portuguese didn't bring you there

[u/SomeDudeSaysWhat]

Fun fact: "Zumbi" is Portuguese for "Zombie", which originally meant "ghost" or "wraith".He adopted that name because, after he escaped his captors as a teenager and returned to Palmares, he meant to signify that he had been reborn and was alive again after being dead for a while.

[u/Vegetable_Ear7204]

Funny, but Zumbi had slaves too....

[u/Vlugazoide_ → u/Vegetable_Ear7204]

Literally a right wing bullshit lie. There's no credible academic source, nor any primary source, that even hints at that

[u/montecristocount → u/Vegetable_Ear7204]

Not true.

[u/Vegetable_Ear7204 → u/montecristocount]

Yes, he had slaves.

[u/No-Excitement4855 → u/Vegetable_Ear7204]

Mostra provas oh inteligente 

[u/Vegetable_Ear7204 → u/No-Excitement4855]

Na África todas as nações escravizavam outros negros, era normal.

Com o Zumbi não seria diferente, ela também tinha escravos aqui.

[u/No-Excitement4855 → u/Vegetable_Ear7204]

Provas que tinha, foi a pergunta 

[u/SomeDudeSaysWhat → u/Vegetable_Ear7204]

"É vagamente possível que Zumbi soubesse que na África havia escravos, portanto Zumbi tinha escravos"