| LC control no. | sh2005001494 |
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| Geographic heading | Quilombo dos Palmares (Brazil) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Brazil--Quilombo dos Palmares |
| Variant(s) | Quilombo de Palmares (Brazil) |
| Found in | LC database, Mar. 3, 2005 (Quilombo dos Palmares) Handbook of Latin American Studies: v. 58 (Quilombo de Palmares, a self-sufficient farm worked mainly by former slaves who escaped from sugarcane plantations in 17th-century Brazil. Located in a region between Pernambuco and Alagoas, the farm grew to a population of 30,000; all of its inhabitants eventually were killed in one of the cruelest massacres of blacks during Brazil's colonial period) |
| Not found in | GEOnet, Mar. 3, 2005 |
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