Rebel slaves

Russian rebellion leader

leader of La Amistad slave revolt

leader of a maroon colony near Veracruz, Mexico

Prostitute and active in trafficking in women in Argentina (1900-1935)

17th-century Brazilian freed slave and warrior

leader of the 1595 slave rebellion in São Tomé and Príncipe, crowned king of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Guadeloupean rebel

Bayano, also known as Ballano or Vaino, originally from the Yoruba community in West Africa, who was eventually captured by the Portuguese. He was said to be a strong leader who was heavily influenced by the Spanish. He is believed to have been in a position of power in Yoruba, as he developed traits of a king who would instill fear and obedience. Bayano, argued to mean “idol,” would ultimately go on to lead the biggest rebellions of enslaved people in 16th century Panama. He was even given the name “El Rey Negro Bayano,” by the Spanish, which translates to “The Black King Bayano.”

Cuban slave, rebel leader

Cuffy, also known as Kofi Badu (died in 1763), was an African Akan man who was enslaved in the Dutch colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana. In 1763, he led a major slave revolt of around 5,000 slaves against the Dutch. The slave revolt was eventually suppressed and Cuffy committed suicide. Today, he is a national hero in Guyana.

slave rebel of the Kingdom of New Granada

leader of Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795

Breffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She killed herself with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734.

First black king born in the Americas

leader of Aponte Conspiracy

enslaved Aruban

Tarenorerer, also known as Walyer, Montserrat, Tuculillo, or Walloa ( – 5 June 1831), was a rebel leader of the Aboriginal Tasmanians. Between 1828 and 1830, she led a guerrilla band of indigenous people of both sexes against the British colonists in Tasmania during the Black War.

Spanish slave