South America and Caribbean
- Quilombo dos Palmares in Brazil, 1605 to 1694.
- St. John, 1733, in what was then the Danish West Indies. The St. John's Slave Rebellion is one of the earliest and longest lasting slave rebellions of the Americas.
- One of the most successful slave uprisings was the Haitian Revolution, which began in 1791 and was eventually led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, culminating in the independent black republic of Haiti.
- Panama also has an extensive history of slave rebellions going back to the 16th century. Slaves were brought to the isthmus from many regions in Africa now in modern day countries like the Congo, Senegal, Guinea, and Mozambique. Immediately before their arrival on shore, or very soon after, many enslaved Africans revolted against their captors, or participated in mass maroonage, or desertion. The freed Africans founded communities in the forests and mountains, organized guerrilla bands known as Cimarrones, and began a long guerrilla war against the Spanish Conquistadores, sometimes in conjunction with nearby indigenous communities like the Kuna and the Guaymí. Despite massacres by the Spanish, the rebels fought until the Spanish crown was forced to concede to treaties that granted the Africans a life without Spanish violence and incursions. The leaders of the guerrilla revolts included Felipillo, Bayano, Juan de Dioso, Domingo Congo, Antón Mandinga, and Luis de Mozambique.
- Tacky's War (1760)
- Suriname, constant guerrilla warfare by Maroons, in 1765-1793 by the Aluku led by Boni
- Berbice, 1763 slave revolt, led by Cuffy
- Cuba, 1795, 1798, 1802, 1805, 1812 (Aponte revolt), 1825, 1827, 1829, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1838, 1839–43, 1844 (La Escalera conspiracy and revolt)
- Curaçao, 1795 slave revolt, led by Tula
- Venezuela, José Leonardo Chirino's Insurrection 1795
- Barbados, 1816 slave revolt, led by Bussa
- Guyana, The Demerara Rebellion of 1795; Demerara rebellion of 1823
- Jamaica's Baptist War, 1831–1832, led by the Baptist preacher, Samuel Sharpe.
- Bahia Rebellion of 1835 (The Great Revolt) (Brazil).
- Bahia Rebellion of 1822-1830 (Brazil).
- Malê Revolt of 1835 (Brazil).
- In the British Virgin Islands, minor slave revolts occurred in 1790, 1823 and 1830.
- Danish West Indies, 1848 slave revolt lead to emancipation for all of the slaves in the Danish West Indies
- Puerto Rico. in 1821, Marcos Xiorro planned and conspired to lead a slave revolt against the sugar plantation owners and the Spanish Colonial government in Puerto Rico. Even though the conspiracy was unsuccessful, Xiorro achieved legendary status among the slaves and is part of Puerto Rico's folklore.
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