The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batepá_massacre" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Batepá massacre">Batepá massacre</a> occurred in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/São_Tomé" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="São Tomé">São Tomé</a> when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_peoples#Portuguese_Africa" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Creole peoples">creoles</a> known as <i id="mw8Q"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forro_Creole" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Forro Creole">forros</a></i>.