Image Title:
Nganga Nzumbi aka Ganga Zumbi

Note:
". . . was the first leader of the massive runaway slave settlement of Quilombo dos Palmares, or Angola Janga, in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. Zumba was a slave who escaped bondage on a sugar plantation and eventually rose to the position of highest authority within the kingdom of Palmares, and the corresponding title of Ganga Zumba." Read More

Artist:
Albert Eckhout (c.1610–1665)

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
Slavery - Historical Figures - Slave - History Maker - Brazilian - Alagoas - Sugar Plantation - Kingdom of Palmares - Afro-Brazilian Warrior

Date:
1641

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-SLAVHF-23

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