Quilombo Dos Palmares

A comprehensive history of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a nation of fugitive slaves that thrived in Brazil throughout the 17th century. The last two chapters discuss the questionable veracity of documents that describe Palmares and how archeology -- which has turned up no artifacts from Palmares -- is made complicated by politics. The last chapter is about a 21st century quilombo, Conceição dos Palmares, Pernambuco, and its struggle to survive and retain land it has owned since 1802....
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A comprehensive history of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a nation of fugitive slaves that thrived in Brazil throughout the 17th century. The last two chapters discuss the questionable veracity of documents that describe Palmares and how archeology -- which has turned up no artifacts from Palmares -- is made complicated by politics. The last chapter is about a 21st century quilombo, Conceição dos Palmares, Pernambuco, and its struggle to survive and retain land it has owned since 1802. Appendices present translations of key 17th century documents. There are extensive notes, a bibliography, and an index.