Zeferina
Zeferina (fl. 1826) was a female leader of an 1826 slave revolt, the Revolt of Quilombo do Urubu, outside Salvador, Bahia. Early life and enslavement. Zeferina was originally from Angola, but was brought to Brazil as a slave. Revolt of Quilombo do Urubu. In a December 1826 revolt, fugitive slaves converged on Piraja and formed a runaway community called the Quilombo do Urubu, one of the leaders of which was Zeferina. On the 15th, the rebels captured a village in Cabula, a neighboring district to Piraja. On December 17th, thirty soldiers from Salvador were sent to put down the  rebellion. Armed with "bows and arrows, knives, pitchforks, hatchets and spears," the rebels won the first engagement with the soldiers. However, when reinforcements arrived, the rebels were defeated. Capture. After being arrested, Zeferina was forced to confess the nature of the rebels' plans. Afterwards, she was condemned to forced labor for her role in the uprising. In popular culture. Brazilian artist Dalton Paula's painting "Zeferina" depicts her.