The Slave Kingdom of Palmares

Palmares was far more than a refuge for people escaping slavery. In this episode, we reconstruct the story of a network of communities built in colonial Brazil, amid the sugar economy and the violence of the Atlantic slave system. From Serra da Barriga to Ganga Zumba, the 1678 negotiations, Zumbi’s rise, and the destruction of Macaco in 1694, the narrative presents Palmares as a society, a political threat, and a symbol of resistance. A story about freedom built under persecution, and about a memory colonial power could not erase.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.