Editing Slave rebellion (section)

==Africa==

In 1808 and 1825, there were slave rebellions in the [[Cape Colony]], newly acquired by the British. Although the slave trade was officially abolished in the [[British Empire]] by the [[Slave Trade Act 1807]], and slavery itself a generation later with the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]], it took until 1850 to be halted in the territories which were to become [[South Africa]].<ref>Giliomee, Hermann (2003). "The Afrikaners", Chapter 4 – Masters, Slaves and Servants, the fear of gelykstelling, pp. 93–94</ref>

===São Tomé and Príncipe===
On 9 July 1595, [[Rei Amador]], and his people, the Angolars, allied with other enslaved Africans of its plantations, marched into the interior woods and battled against the Portuguese. It is said that day, Rei Amador and his followers raised a flag in front of the settlers and proclaimed Rei Amador as king of [[São Tomé and Príncipe]], making himself as "Rei Amador, liberator of all the black people".

Between 1595 and 1596, part of the island of São Tomé was ruled by the Angolars, under the command of Rei Amador. On 4 January 1596, he was captured, sent to prison and was later executed by the Portuguese. Still today, they remember him fondly and consider him a national hero of the islands.

In the first decades of the 17th century, there were frequent slave revolts in the Portuguese colony of [[Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomé and Príncipe]], off the African shore, which damaged the sugar crop cultivation there.