Mocambo (settlement)

The mocambos (from mocambo, literally Huts) were village-sized communities mainly of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil, during Portuguese rule.

A mocambo differed from a quilombo in size, A quilombo, like the Quilombo dos Palmares, might embrace many distinct mocambos. The terms were not always used consistently, however.

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