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Benkos Biohó and San Basilio de Palenque

d. 1621

Cartagena / Bolívar, Colombia

Born in the Bijagós Islands and enslaved in Cartagena, Benkos Biohó led maroon resistance in the early 1600s and was hanged in 1621; he is remembered as a founder of San Basilio de Palenque.

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Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, the Spanish fortress of colonial Cartagena, Colombia
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Sources

  1. Radio Nacional de Colombia (Camila Rivera), "Colombia conmemora a Benkos Biohó, líder cimarrón ejecutado hace 405 años" (Reference)
  2. Infobae, "Benkos Biohó, the leader of the maroons 400 years after his death" (Reference)
  3. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, "Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio" (Primary source)

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