Moore Town is home to the descendants of independent communities of former enslaved people who escaped from a life as slaves known as Maroons.
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NANNY OF THE MAROONS
The most outstanding of them all, leading her people with courage and inspiring them to struggle to maintain that spirit of freedom, and life of independence, which was their rightful inheritance.
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QUILOMBOS
They are pockets of lands and townships established by maroons where they could live freely, form their own societies and raise their families. The inhabitants of such areas are termed quilombo communities in Brazil.
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QUILOMBO DOS PALMARES: NATIONAL HISTORICAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE ENTRY (IPHAN)
Located in the municipality of União dos Palmares, Zona of the Forest of the State of Alagoas, the Serra covers an area of approximately 27.92km².
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Quilombo communities: Decree No. 4,887 of November 2003
Quilombo communities, according to self-attribution criteria, with their own historical trajectory, endowed with specific territorial relations, with presumption of black ancestry related to resistance to suffered historical oppression.