Rei Amador

Rei Amador
Statue of Rei Amador
Born
São Tomé Island
Died1596
São Tomé Island
OccupationSlave rebel

Amador Vieira, best known as Rei Amador, was a member of the king of the Angolars and leader of a famous slave rebellion that took place in 1595 in the African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. According to some historic documents, Rei Amador was "a slave" who avoided slavery and mobilized all the Angolares along with other Africans and made a free nation under the middle of the aforementioned islands.

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