Manuel Congo

Biography

Manuel Congo (died 6 September 1839) was the leader of the largest slave rebellion in the Vale do Paraíba region of Brazil. The revolt occurred in the town of Paty do Alferes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. After an enslaved person was killed by an overseer on the plantation, Manuel Congo and other enslaved people on the plantation, including Mariana Crioula, coordinated and organized a mass fleeing of enslaved people from the plantation.

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