About: Massacre of Samothrace (1821)

The Massacre of Samothrace (Greek: Ολοκαύτωμα της Σαμοθράκης, romanized: Holocaust of Samothrace) was the mass murder and enslavement of the Greek population of the island of Samothrace. Following the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, the Samothracians rose in revolt against the local Ottoman authorities. On 1 September 1821, an Ottoman punitive expedition under Castellan of Dardanelles Mehmet Paşa arrived at the island. After suppressing the uprising of the Samothracian rebels, the Ottoman troops killed or enslaved Greeks from the Island. The remaining Greeks after accepting the amnesty terms of the Ottoman Empire were granted pardon in April 1822, 7 months after the revolt.