What the records say
- When
- 3 Feb 1953
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 0.30° N, 6.66° E
- Description
- 1953 uprising and massacre in São Tomé
Batepá massacre
1953 killing of native creoles in colonial São Tomé
The Batepá massacre occurred on 3 February 1953 in colonial São Tomé when hundreds of native creoles known as forros were massacred by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners. Many forros believed the government intended to force them to work as contract laborers, to which they objected.
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