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Zumbi

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Zumbi dos Palmares
King of Quilombo dos Palmares
Reign1680–1695
PredecessorGanga Zumba
Born1655
Serra da Barriga, Captaincy of Pernambuco, Portuguese America (present-day União dos Palmares, Alagoas, Brazil)
Died20 November 1695 (aged 39–40)
Serra Dois Irmãos, Captaincy of Pernambuco, Portuguese America (present-day Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil)
SpouseDandara
ReligionIslam
Catholicism

Zumbi (1655 – 20 November 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares, was the last King of Quilombo dos Palmares from 1655, until his death in 1695, a settlement of escaped slaves that developed into a self-sustained community.

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