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Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 1 day. Name in sources: Revolta da contribuição. Location: Ilha de Santiago Country (current): Cape Verde. Monarchy: Portuguese. Main participants: Africans, Peasants. Number of participants: >500. Main reasons & motivations: Fiscal. Leadership: José Coelho de Mendonça. Relevance: medium.
Author: José Silva Évora (UNICV).
Évora, José Silva (2020). "Santiago tax revolt 1811", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Encyclopaedia of Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. https://mappingrebellions.com/revolt/santiago-tax-revolt-1811/ (accessed on 12 March 2026).