Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a settlement of fugitive slaves established gradually from the early 1600s to 1694, about 60k inland from the northeast coast of Brazil around the regions of Pernambuco and Alagoas. Estimates indicated that 10,000 to 20,000 fugitive slaves, native Brazilians, and various outcast groups (such as Jews and Muslims) inhabited Palmares throughout the period.
Portuguese colonization, particularly from 1570, brought sugar cane plantations to the northeast coast of Brazil, utilizing, as labor, enslaved Africans and native peoples. Some of the slaves and native Americans resisted and established small settlements or quilombos in the area of Pernambuco, where palm trees abounded (thus the name Palmares).
Illustrative of its complexity, Quilombo dos Palmares in 1640 was described as comprising several separate settlements which pledged their loyalty to one leader (chief). Two of the settlements were mostly of Indigenous origin (Subupira e Tabocas); one of the Portuguese colonists who joined the quilombo (Amaro), and seven Bantos, that is, settlements of fugitive slaves (Andalaquituche, Macaco, Aqualtene, Ambrabanga, Tabocas, Zumbi, Arotiene). With its capital in Macaco, Palmares possessed a complex social structure, replicating, in many instances, African political systems.
When the Portuguese lost control of the region to the Dutch in the 1630s, the new colonial rulers continued the military campaign of the earlier Portuguese to bring Palmares under control. They were no more successful than their predecessors, and the quilombo continued to grow. In 1654, when Portugal regained control of the area, it resumed its attempts to conquer Palmares.
Portuguese military forces and mill owners in the region attempted to regain control over the quilombo for the next forty years. Ganga-Zumba, the Palmares chief during the latter part of this period, tried to negotiate an agreement with the Portuguese where the quilombo would no longer accept fugitive slaves or fight the Portuguese in exchange for permanent recognition of their land and freedom for those born in Palmares. However, Zumbi, the settlement’s military leader, chose resistance to the Portuguese. The Portuguese never accepted Ganga-Zumbi’s proposal and continued to attack the quilombo. Finally, in 1694, Palmares was conquered and destroyed by a military force under the command of Domingos Jorge Velho. Zumbi was killed one year later in 1695.
Palmares was a multifaceted quasi-state that lasted for most of the 17th Century, resisting attack by two European powers. Known for challenging Dutch and Portuguese sovereignty in Brazil, Palmares was a symbol of resistance to colonialism and the possibility of multicultural coexistence.
However, the destruction of Palmares failed to stem the emergence of hundreds, perhaps thousands of smaller quilombos throughout Brazil. Nor did it prevent countless other acts of resistance that undermined planter domination even after the abolition of slavery in 1888. Cheney describes how the legend of the Quilombo dos Palmares inspired a 1988 constitutional amendment that extended land rights to the descendants of fugitive slaves. Thousands of “modern quilombos” have petitioned for government recognition while organizing mass movement in the countryside that has won concessions from local landowners and pressured elected officials to implement affirmative action policies in other areas. In 2015, the specter of Palmares looms large over Brazil.
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Apparently Ridley Scott responded to French criticism of Napoleon with "they dont even like themselves."
Which is a fucking grand thing for a British director to say, the Brits barely fucking like anything, the only brits who like britain like that are insane frothing fascists and the rest are like just self consciously lashing out whenever anyone shits on them but they wont actually defend themselves.
Like "oh british food sucks fuck" and instead of being like "No I like it" you get shit like "Oh well at least we dont use spices to cover up ROTTEN RANCID MEAT THAT YOU SUBHUMANS EAT" that is just racist but not even actually standing up for brit food. Like you poll brits what they like from their cuisine its all just the fried shit at the top and tikka masala, the rest they rate as mid tier or dogshit tier cause they dont fucking like any of it.
I dont wanna be defending the French but they fucking love themselves and thats their problem, I just get mad at this kind of projection from some fuck like Ridley Scott.
Edit: Actually I got it wrong, they put tikka masala in "mid tier" while bacon sandwich, bacon between slices of bread, got "god tier."
Anything fucking remotely interesting like black pudding, steak and kidney pudding, haggis, kippers, the stuff you might actually be proud of in your cuisine cause its frugal and using odd bits and such got into crap tier. The "god tier" is just the most basic bullshit like yorkshire pudding(NOT A MEAL), sunday roast, fish and chips, crumpets(what the fuck), the full english(- black pudding) and fucking bacon sandwich.
This is a people that loves nothing, they put beef wellington in low tier so I dont fucking know what they even think god tier is if its not overly dramatic and pricey meat rolled up in pageantry. If its too working class its crap, and if its too obviously bougie its low tier, this is a mid tier people by choice and they refuse to even be proud of it.
French people have always hated French stuff especially if it wasnt made by someone French, it's what I love about em. The Eiffel Tower? They hated it at first and called it an eye sore - although Eiffel the guy was french so bad example. I love their shitty dark cynical attitudes, but I guess that's just Parisiennes more than French people in general.
Thats at least like a good old days type thing, the brits good old days are literally just imperialism, they dont like anything about the good old days except the power.
The french of course also have imperialism in their good old days but theres also like, ooooh we cooked so good back then or ooooh we painted very nice.
Paris is the worst France and it relentlessly colonized the rest of the Frances, so it fits.
ah shit but that interview is actually pretty great, reknowned director Ridley Scott says 3 hour movies make your bum ache, and i was reminded he made the Duellists---which is the best napoleon-period movie, so Nappy might actually be a solid film.
unless the French paper that said it was pro-british was right, that'd really suck tbh.
The Duelists was very good. I would go so far as to say it is the only western sword fighting movie (as oppose to movies in which swords are present and swung around a bit).
i mean the only other the contenders are The Princess Bride and the 1973 Three Musketeers lmao