04/03/2025
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The Indians Pour Molten Gold into the Mouths of the Spaniards & Satiate Their Greed.
The 1521 Santo Domingo Slave Revolt occurred in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola during that year’s Christmas festivities. It is the earliest recorded slave revolt in the Americas. Just days after the revolt occurred, a new set of laws were created to prevent future rebellions. These are believed to be the earliest laws created to control enslaved Africans in the New World.
During the early 1520s, 30 years after Christopher Columbus first arrived in the Americas. the Spanish controlled the island of Hispaniola, which is now the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After subduing the local Indians, the Spanish imported African slaves. There are debates among historians about the precise date of the rebellion, with some reporting that the uprising took place on Christmas Day while others claim it occurred on December 26. What is known is that the rebellion started on the Nueva Isabela sugar plantation owned by the colony’s governor, Diego Colón (Columbus), the son of Christopher Columbus. According to local oral tradition, the slave rebellion was led by Maria Olofa (Wolofa) and Gonzalo Mandinga, who were both from the Wolof ethnic group in West Africa.