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Palmares

Palmares
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Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in the captaincy of Pernambuco, in what is today the Brazilian state of Alagoas.

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  1. Dutch Gold Coast1598–1872
  2. Dahomey1600s – January 15, 1894
  3. Edo period1603–1868
  4. Tokugawa shogunateMarch 24, 1603 – November 9, 1867
  5. Palmares (this page)1605–1710
  6. New Netherland1609–1667

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