17th-century slaves

Zumbi ( – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (), was a Brazilian quilombola leader and one of the pioneers of resistance to enslavement of Africans by the Portuguese in colonial Brazil. He was also the last of the kings of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who liberated themselves from enslavement in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. He is revered in Afro-Brazilian culture as a symbol of African freedom.

Indian warrior (1548-1626)

Russian rebellion leader

Spanish painter (1606-1670)

King of Quilombo dos Palmares

African woman enslaved in New France

Royal concubine of Safavid king Safi (died 1647)

concubine of Aurangzeb

Concubine of Aurangzeb

Icelandic minister

17th-century Brazilian freed slave and warrior

Aqualtune (fl. 1665-75) was a Kongo princess who was the daughter of an unidentified Manikongo. According to the tradition, she was the mother of Ganga Zumba and the maternal grandmother of Zumbi.

Dutch pirate

Thai chef

first concubine of Safavid Shah Abbas II

English court dwarf

slave rebel of the Kingdom of New Granada

Safavid princess and mother of Shah Safi (died c.1647)

african princess, quilombola leader

Concubine of Safavid king Abbas I

slave and concubine who became a wife

princess consort of Moldavia

Swedish diplomat (1648-1729)

slave concubine

ancient Indian figure

17th-century Korean Christian former lady-in-waiting