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Santo Domingo slave revolt 1521

Synopsis
Obs: The research for this entry is still in progress. The synopsis is still missing, and several of the additional fields listed below are marked as 'tbc' (to be completed). The specific start and end dates of the event also need to be completed or confirmed.
Additional info

Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: tbc. Name in sources: tbc. Location: Santo Domingo Country (current): Dominican Rep.. Monarchy: Spanish. Main participants: Enslaved. Number of participants: tbc. Main reasons & motivations: Freedom. Leadership: tbc. Relevance: tbc.

Further reading
STEVENS-ACEVEDO, Anthony (2019). The Santo Domingo Slave Revolt of 1521 and the Slave Laws of 1522: Black Slavery and Black Resistance in the Early Colonial Americas. New York: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute. STONE, Erin (2013). “America's First Slave Revolt: Indians and African Slaves in Espanola, 1500-1534”. Ethnohistory, 60(2): 195-217.

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Cite this entry

The Editors (2025). "Santo Domingo slave revolt 1521," in Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. http://atlas.cidehusdigital.uevora.pt/revolt/santo-domingo-slave-revolt-1521/ (accessed on 18 September 2025).