mocambo

...After 1570, the quilombos spread to the northern Brazilian regions of Bahia and Pernambuco as the import of black slaves increased, and in the 18th century they spread to the regions of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, and existed throughout Brazil until the emancipation of slaves in 1888. Until the beginning of the 17th century, the quilombos were called mocambos. They were closed villages consisting of 50 to several thousand houses in dense forests and remote mountain areas, fortified with fences and moats. They engaged in farming, hunting, and fishing, and also raided white settlements and plantations to obtain weapons, clothing, tools, and women.

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…1570年以降，黒人奴隷の輸入増大に伴ってブラジル北部のバイア，ペルナンブコ地方に拡大し，18世紀にはサン･パウロ，ミナス･ジェライス地方へと広まり，1888年の奴隷解放にいたるまでブラジル各地に存在した。なおキロンボは17世紀初めまではモカンボmocamboと呼ばれた。キロンボは密林地帯や山間僻地に矢来と堀で防備を固めた50軒ないし数千軒から成る閉鎖的な集落で，農耕･狩猟･漁労に従事するかたわら，白人居住地やプランテーションを襲撃し，武器，衣類，道具類，女性を確保した。…

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