Zumbi dos palmares biography of michael jackson

Afro-Brazilian freed slave; king of Quilombo dos Palmares (r. 1680–95)

For other uses, see Zumbi (disambiguation).

Zumbi dos Palmares
Zumbi (1927) by Antônio Parreiras
Reign	1680–1695
Predecessor	Ganga Zumba
Successor	Camuanga (de jure) of the resistance, kingdom destroyed.
Born	Francisco Nzumbi 1655 (1655) Serra da Barriga, Captaincy of Pernambuco, Portuguese America (present-day União dos Palmares, Alagoas, Brazil)
Died	20 November 1695 (aged 39–40) Serra Dois Irmãos, Captaincy of Pernambuco, Portuguese America (present-day Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil)
Spouse	Dandara

Zumbi (c. 1655 – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (Portuguese pronunciation:[zũˈbiduspɐwˈmaɾis]), 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-Br