The 1800s was an exciting and busy period in the Americas and Europe, packed with valiant rebellion and revolts by black men and women all over the country. Slavery had been abolished at that stage of history but was nevertheless practiced in many parts of America and Europe. In their need for liberation from the cruel treatments on the Caribbean farm, black men and women who were descendants of Africans brought into captivity and slavery were getting bolder. The Caribbean and America were where at the hands of slave masters and plantation supervisors, Africans struggled most. Yet no matter how hard the white slaves wanted to destroy the will of the Black people, they struck back with the resilient Black spirit. "And it shocked the white enslavers every time there was a revolt, reminding them that the heart of the Africans was as hard as the back of a thousand-year-old Iroko tree.

More and more Africans continued to rebel as the years went on. While in some instances their leaders were captured and executed, in general, the captive Africans were violently awakened. It was in that unflinching call for liberty that Carlota Lucumi's legend and accomplishments were born. Carlota was still a slave as of 1843 and was still working and enslaved at sugar plantations in Mantazas, Cuba, renamed Triunvirato, in memory of Carlota's revolt. Her rank had improved among the enslaved Africans at that point, and so she had some influence in the slave society. Thus, she and five other slaves had intended to rebel against their owners for months.

Her counterparts were Firmina (a woman), Eduardo, Narciso, Filipe Lucumi, and Manuel Ganga. They stroke on November 5, 1843, setting many houses on fire on their farm, including the house used to execute slaves. The Mayor and Julian Luis Alfonso, who was the plantation's primary owner, were targeted. Carlota's story of courage and rebellion spread like flames all over Cuba. And in its aftermath, over five plantations had their slaves rising and murdering as many as they could locate white enslavers. They were starving for democracy, and through coercion they took it. In the fighting, Carlota was so fierce that she celebrated her revolution's victory by striking down an overseer's daughter with her machete. The daughter of the overseer was named María de Regla.

The war raged on and white troops arrested her and tortured her. They bound her horses to her body causing them to pull her until she died. On the morning of November 6, 1943, when her supporters found her body on the Triunvirato farm, they were angry and violently rioted, stormed the estate, and killed as many whites as they saw. The revolt will come to an end, with their overwhelming firepower, when the White troops defeated the Blacks.

After Carlota's death, the rebellion ended, but its legacy continued and was the key inspiration for the Cuban struggle for independence. Her uprising brought a harsh shock to the heart of Cuba's white society. To this day for her role in leading one of the greatest revolts during slavery, Carlota is a major factor in Cuban history. At the age of 10, she was abducted from the Kingdom of Benin, where she was born and sold into slavery. One would think that the cruel reality of slavery would have shattered a 10-year-old girl's resilient African heart, but it didn't. She wanted liberation from that tender period. And she ended up as a formidable liberator and warrior.Lucumi's last name derives from her ethnic group, the Lucumi people, who are Afro-Brazilians, descending from the present-day Yoruba of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. Like the Maroons, their tribe was greatly hated in Cuba. They became famous for leading revolts and setting up their own colonies.

I want to hear the story of Nnamdi Kanu and Ojuckwu instead.. lol Ibo war lord that fought far away From the battle field

Exc2000:
I want to hear the story of Nnamdi Kanu and Ojuckwu instead.. lol Ibo war lord that fought far away From the battle field

Haha...see who's talking......yorubas sold their brothers in thousands to the white for some pot of ewedu , that's why they are very popular as slaves in Brazil, USA, UK, Portugal, Spain .
Am pretty sure yorubas has the highest number of slave sold during the trans-Atlantic slave trade era due to to greed of their brothers.

Mel003:


Haha...see who's talking......yorubas sold their brothers in thousands to the white for some pot of ewedu , that's why they are very popular as slaves in Brazil, USA, UK, Portugal, Spain .
Am pretty sure yorubas has the highest number of slave sold during the trans-Atlantic slave trade era due to to greed of their brothers.

Lol

Check your history again Your brothers got sold the most , Yoruba's barely help facilitate the trade at our sea port

Mel003:


Haha...see who's talking......yorubas sold their brothers in thousands to the white for some pot of ewedu , that's why they are very popular as slaves in Brazil, USA, UK, Portugal, Spain .
Am pretty sure yorubas has the highest number of slave sold during the trans-Atlantic slave trade era due to to greed of their brothers.

Look at the pot calling the kettle black!

And Arochukwu's role in selling Igbo slaves remains one of the worst atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade in Nigeria.

Believe this story at ur own risk..... D men never get mind reach nah d women go come get


Yoruba people way no get liver

Wow


One idiot that made FTC successfully turned this beautiful thread into a tribal war...

Igbos are really hurt, see their hot comments

Thank God Buhari wasn't the leader there and then.

Exc2000:
I want to hear the story of Nnamdi Kanu and Ojuckwu instead.. lol Ibo war lord that fought far away From the battle field

Somebody said one idiot successfully turned this into a tribal war. Don't forget there are other tribes to the north and west of Yoruba territories.