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African-Taino solidarity in Puerto Rico, 1527

In 1514, a hurricane hit which motivated the first uprising of the Americas. The Africans and Tainos came together to create "a new Puerto Rican identity fighting against slavery".

Alice Kim

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Who- Peru, Colombia, and Russia
What- A volcanic Eruption, causing volcanic winter, also one of the largest volcanic explosion South Africa
How-Formed by the Subduction of the Ocean
When- In 19 February, 1600. Lasted till March
Where- In Peru Matalaque

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He was the leader of a revolt, and convinced many to revolt against the enslavers by poisoning them. He was set to be burned at the stake, and many stories surround his death. He sowed the seeds for the first successful slave rebellion.

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Between 1730-1733, Andres Lopez Del Rosario (Andresote) lead a rebellion against the Guizpuzcoan Company of Caracas and the Spanish.

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San Basilio Del Palenque, Mahates, Bolivar, Colombia

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San Basilio Del Palenque, Mahates, Bolivar, Colombia

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San Basilio Del Palenque, Mahates, Bolivar, Colombia

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In 1526, Domingo Benjos Biohó led the escape along with 10 other slaves, who were brought to Cartagena, after a shipwreck. There, they established an escaped slave army to conquer and settle in Montes de Maria. In 1605, the governor offered a peace treaty, but this was violated a few years later through the execution of Domingo. However, the government finally established the people living in Palenque as free after the colonization continued to grow, making them the first free Africans in the Americas.

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Diego Ocampo was a maroon leader, there were lamented attacks going against Spanish leaders, which Diego Ocampo was one. It all happened in the 1540's somewhere in Spain.

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This maroon society was named after the leader Gaspar Yanga, the leader who resisted attacks by Spanish forces in 1609. Gaspar Yanga first escaped captivity, leading a band of slaves into the highlands. There they fought off the Spanish for nearly a decade.

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Who: Freedom Seekers / Past Enslaved Africans

Where: Colonial Brazil; captaincy of Pernambuco

When: 1530's

What/How: Africans arrived in brazil, forming quilombos, which are settlements in Brazil organized by freedom seekers. It would soon be subjugated.

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There were Bayano wars against the Spanish Crown. It had two wars, 1548-1558 and 1579-1582. King Bayano immediately trained his people to fight against the Spanish. They were always successful, and had the help of pirates and other indigenous people who suffered. The Spanish ended up tricking Bayano through a peace treaty, and the people were suppressed.

Mikayla Ma

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Colombians of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent
- targeted by armed groups for land
- 10.6 percent of Colombia's current population
- Kidnapped from Africa in 16th century

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This maroon society was a place where a man named Jose' Leonardo Chirino lead an uprising of the Congolese slaves in the year 1795.

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The Maracaibo maroon society was led by Francisco Javier Pirela. Francisco Javier Pirela and 200 men killed all the white people, ransacked the city, and became a maroon society. This all took place between May 6, 1799-May 19, 1799.

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Diego Ocampo was a maroon leader. Lamented attacks were going against Spanish leaders, which Diego Ocampo was one. It took place in the 1540's somewhere in Spain.

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Cimarronaje
-  Miguel de Buría (king Miguel) & uprising in 1552.
- First and only king of African descent
-led uprising in 1552 with about 50 slaves

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In 1553, a slave ship ran aground on the coast of Ecuador, allowing the captives to escape. By the end of the 16th century, the thriving maroon population attracted groups of runaways from the gold mines and sugar plantations of Colombia.

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This maroon society was founded by Sebastián Lemba, who lead a group of enslaved people in a revolt against the Spanish colony. They went around the town liberating other enslaved people for several years.

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Miguel put together a group of 80 recently enslaved people to make an army. They won and took of a minuscule amount of land, but the Spanish Colonizers shut down and killed the army.

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-Santo Dominico is now known as the dominican republic (or part of it)
-It was a maroon society from which Diego Colon (the founder) let other peopole stay and rewarded them
-Diego Colon was known as a Spanish navigator and explorer
-Not that large

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During the 1647 earthquake, an enslaved African declared himself as the King of Guinea and called for vengeance against the enslavers. He soon gained many followers, but he was soon hanged after the rebellion was suppressed. Some people interpreted the rebellion as a punishment or warning from God.

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This maroon society was led by Gaspar Yanga in 1545, they resisted and raided many Spanish Settlements which eventually led to war. The maroon society ended in 1618.

Brandon Cao

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In 1530 a slave revolt was led by Juan Meléndez de Valdés. In the revolt they burned down the whole town they rebuilt it a year later in 1531.

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The maroon society in Esmeraldas was created by Alonso de Illescas and 23 others after escaping a slave ship via coastal wreck. They ended up subjugating opposing societies around them and eventually the son of Alonso de Illescas received the title of Don from Spain for quieting the neighboring tribes.

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Through the region of Barlovento many of both free and enslaved people founded communities known as cumbes. The cumbe of Ocoyta was eventually destroyed in 1771. A military expedition led by German de Aguilera destroyed the settlement. There were many cumbes in the interior of what later became Venezuela. In 1810, when the War of Independence began, many members of these cumbes fought on the side of the rebels, and abandoned their villages

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This maroon society in Veracruz was founded by Gaspar Yanga, from May 14, 1545-1618, after he escaped being sold into slavery with a small slave force of 400-500 slaves.

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

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This was a maroon society that was led by a man named Felipillo. This revolt was led by enslaved African pearl divers in 1549.

Dat Nguyen