| LC control no. | sh2007000945 |
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| Topical heading | Quilombos |
| Variant(s) | Mocambos |
| See also | Fugitive slave communities--Brazil |
| Found in | Work cat.: HistoĢrias de quilombolas, 2006: p. 7, etc. (quilombos, villages created by escaped slaves and others who gathered around them to create their own communities for mutual support and defense) Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions website, Feb. 12, 2007: Focus Activities-Brazil/Quilombos page ("Definition: A quilombo (from a Kimbundu word) is a hinterland settlement originally created by runaway slaves in Brazil and sometimes included a minority of marginalised Portuguese, indigenous Native Americans and other non-black, non-slave Brazilians;" efforts started in 2004 for quilombolas (inhabitants of quilombos) to secure legal rights to the land that they have lived on for generations, as granted by 1988 Brazilian constitution) Britannica online, Feb. 13, 2007: Slave protest (flight was a protest against slavery; quilombos were independent polities set up by runaway slaves) |
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