Quindomba

The name of Quindomba appears in 1813, when colonial records refer to quilombolas from the Mariana region, in Minas Gerais, who were headed by an African man considered the “terror of these inhabitants.” When troops were sent against some of the region’s mocambos, the “celebrated tough Quindomba” was captured. Information given to the Count of Assumar revealed that the enslaved “had planned” to launch the insurrection “at the night of Holy Thursday,” mobilizing “the Blacks of Rio das Mortes, Furquim, Ouro Branco, São Bartolomeu, Ouro Preto and elsewhere.” However, ethnic tensions between West Africans – called Minas – and Central Africans – called Angolas – caused the plans to be discovered and led to immediate repression.