| 17 Desèmber 2024 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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UN proclaims a second International Decade for People of African Descent
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| 20 Novèmber 2024 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Black Consciousness Day is observed as a national public holiday for the first time
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| 21 Desèmber 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Brazil makes November 20 a national public holiday
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| 20 Novèmber 2023 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil creates a national policy for quilombola territorial and environmental management
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| 19 Yüni 2023 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Law 14,600 confirms the Ministry of Racial Equality’s place in government
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| 21 Mart 2023 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil launches Aquilomba Brasil to coordinate quilombola policies
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| 11 Yanüari 2023 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Law names religious racism within Brazil’s criminal framework
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| 11 Yanüari 2023 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Law 14,532 classifies racial insult as a form of racism
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| 1 Yanüari 2023 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A Ministry of Racial Equality returns to the federal government
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| 28 Mei 2021 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil ratifies the Inter-American Convention against Racism
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| 24 Febrüari 2021 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Supreme Court orders a COVID-19 response plan for quilombola communities
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| 20 Novèmber 2020 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Black Consciousness Day protests demand justice for João Alberto
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| 19 Novèmber 2020 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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João Alberto Silveira Freitas is killed by private security guards
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| 11 Sèptèmber 2020 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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CONAQ brings quilombola communities’ COVID-19 emergency to the Supreme Court
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| 7 Yüni 2020 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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“Vidas Negras Importam” protests confront racism and police violence
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| 28 Mart 2019 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Supreme Court protects animal sacrifice in religious rites
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| 15 Mart 2018 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Mass demonstrations demand justice for Marielle Franco
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| 14 Mart 2018 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes are murdered
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| 8 Febrüari 2018 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Supreme Court upholds the rules for recognizing quilombola territories
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| 18 Novèmber 2015 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Black women lead a national march in Brasília
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| 1 Yüni 2015 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Complementary Law 150 regulates domestic employment rights
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| 1 Yanüari 2015 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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International Decade for People of African Descent begins
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| 4 Desèmber 2014 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Maracatu de Baque Solto is recognized as cultural heritage
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| 3 Desèmber 2014 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Maracatu Nação enters Brazil’s cultural heritage register
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| 26 Novèmber 2014 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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UNESCO inscribes Capoeira Circle on its Representative List
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| 25 Yüni 2014 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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National Education Plan includes quilombola schools and equity goals
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| 23 Desèmber 2013 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
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| 13 Desèmber 2013 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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UN experts conclude a visit examining racism in Brazil
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| 2 April 2013 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Constitutional Amendment 72 extends labor rights to domestic workers
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| 29 Ougùstùs 2012 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Quota Law reserves places in federal higher education
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| 26 April 2012 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Supreme Court upholds racial quotas at the University of Brasília
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| 10 Novèmber 2011 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil establishes a National Day of Black Consciousness
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| 20 Yüli 2010 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Racial Equality Statute establishes a broad framework of rights
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| 20 Òktober 2009 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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INCRA replaces the contested titling rules again
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| 29 Sèptèmber 2008 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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INCRA’s new instruction reshapes quilombola titling requirements
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| 15 Yüli 2008 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Mestres’ craft and teaching become part of national heritage record
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| 15 Yüli 2008 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Roda de Capoeira is recognized as Brazilian intangible heritage
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| 27 Desèmber 2007 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Brazil establishes a National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance
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| 18 Yüni 2007 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Tambor de Crioula is registered as Maranhão heritage
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| 7 Febrüari 2007 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Brazil recognizes traditional peoples’ territories in national policy
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| 1 Mart 2006 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil ratifies UNESCO’s convention on intangible heritage
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| 15 Desèmber 2005 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Jongo communities gain federal intangible heritage recognition
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| 25 Novèmber 2005 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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UNESCO proclaims Samba de Roda a cultural heritage masterpiece
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| 19 Sèptèmber 2005 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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INCRA revises the administrative path to quilombola titles
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| 30 Yüni 2005 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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First National Conference on Racial Equality opens
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| 5 Òktober 2004 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Samba de Roda of Recôncavo enters Brazil’s heritage register
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| 17 Yüni 2004 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Education guidelines require Afro-Brazilian history and culture in teacher training
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| 24 Mart 2004 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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INCRA issues its first detailed procedure under Decree 4,887
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| 20 Novèmber 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Decree 4,886 establishes a national policy for racial equality
|
| 20 Novèmber 2003 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Decree 4,883 transfers quilombola land regularization to agrarian authorities
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| 20 Novèmber 2003 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Decree 4,887 establishes a process for collective quilombola land titles
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| 23 Mei 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Law formalizes SEPPIR’s mandate
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| 21 Mart 2003 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil creates SEPPIR on the International Day against Racism
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| 9 Yanüari 2003 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Law 10,639 makes Afro-Brazilian and African history part of the school curriculum
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| 13 Mei 2002 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Federal government creates an affirmative-action program
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| 9 Novèmber 2001 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Rio de Janeiro establishes university quotas for Black and Brown students
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| 10 Sèptèmber 2001 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Decree 3,912 narrows the rules for quilombola land recognition
|
| 8 Sèptèmber 2001 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Durban Declaration links slavery’s legacy to justice and reparations
|
| 4 Ougùstùs 2000 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Brazil creates a register for intangible cultural heritage
|
| 13 Mei 1997 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Law 9,459 explicitly includes religion in anti-discrimination law
|
| 20 Novèmber 1995 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Boa Vista wins Brazil’s first collective quilombola land title
|
| 20 Novèmber 1995 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Marcha Zumbi brings Black demands to Brasília
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| 5 Yanüari 1989 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Caó Law defines crimes of racial discrimination
|
| 5 Òktober 1988 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Constitution recognizes quilombo land rights and condemns racism
|
| 22 Ougùstùs 1988 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Law creates the Cultural Foundation Palmares
|
| 31 Mei 1984 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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IPHAN council approves protection for Terreiro da Casa Branca
|
| 7 Yüli 1978 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Unified Black Movement stages a public protest in São Paulo
|
| 15 Yanüari 1976 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Bahia ends police registration requirements for Candomblé terreiros
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| 11 Desèmber 1972 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A first federal law recognizes domestic work as an occupation
|
| 20 Novèmber 1971 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Grupo Palmares holds the first November 20 Black resistance commemoration
|
| 20 Yüli 1971 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Black activists in Porto Alegre form Grupo Palmares
|
| 8 Desèmber 1969 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Brazil promulgates the UN Convention against racial discrimination
|
| 2 Mart 1963 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Rural Worker Statute establishes a framework for rural labor rights
|
| 3 Yüli 1951 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Afonso Arinos Law makes some racial discrimination a criminal contravention
|
| 9 Desèmber 1948 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Black newspaper Quilombo publishes its first issue
|
| 11 Òktober 1945 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A labor-law amendment expressly excludes domestic and rural workers
|
| 18 Sèptèmber 1945 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Immigration law names European ancestry as a national preference
|
| 13 Òktober 1944 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Abdias do Nascimento founds the Teatro Experimental do Negro
|
| 1 Mei 1943 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Consolidation of Labor Laws codifies urban labor protections
|
| 1 Mei 1940 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Brazil establishes a national minimum-wage system
|
| 5 Yüli 1939 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Estado Novo tightly regulates union association
|
| 4 Mei 1938 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A decree-law further regulates admission of foreign nationals
|
| 2 Desèmber 1937 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Estado Novo dissolves political parties, closing the FNB’s party phase
|
| 30 Novèmber 1937 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Heritage law creates a state framework that marginalized living Black culture
|
| 16 Yüli 1934 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Constitution embeds labor rights and an immigration quota
|
| 16 Sèptèmber 1931 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Frente Negra Brasileira organizes a mass Black political movement
|
| 19 Mart 1931 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Union regulation places organizing under federal supervision
|
| 12 Desèmber 1930 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The “two-thirds” rule reserves most contracted positions for Brazilian-born workers
|
| 26 Novèmber 1930 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The provisional government creates a Ministry of Labor
|
| 12 Yüli 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The São Paulo labor dispute becomes a general strike
|
| 11 Yüli 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A mass funeral procession turns grief into public protest
|
| 9 Yüli 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Police kill shoemaker José I. Martinez during strike unrest
|
| 9 Yüni 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Workers at Cotonifício Crespi begin a wage strike
|
| 22 Novèmber 1910 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Sailors revolt against flogging and racialized naval discipline
|
| 5 Yanüari 1907 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A decree recognizes professional unions under the First Republic
|
| 11 Desèmber 1892 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Black journalists launch O Exemplo in Porto Alegre
|
| 24 Febrüari 1891 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The first republican Constitution preserves major barriers to political participation
|
| 11 Òktober 1890 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Penal Code criminalizes “spiritism” and unauthorized healing
|
| 11 Òktober 1890 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Republic criminalizes capoeira in its penal code
|
| 28 Yüni 1890 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Decree 528 restricts entry of people described as Indigenous to Asia or Africa
|
| 20 Mei 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Perseverança e Porvir publicly celebrates the abolition of slavery
|
| 13 Mei 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Lei Áurea abolishes slavery throughout Brazil
|
| 11 Mei 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A Senate committee reviews the abolition proposal
|
| 10 Mei 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Chamber of Deputies approves the abolition bill
|
| 8 Mei 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The government submits an immediate abolition bill to the Chamber
|
| 3 Mei 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Princess Regent Isabel’s opening address calls for ending slavery
|
| 23 April 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Clube do Cupim helps embark 119 people fleeing enslavement
|
| 18 Mart 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The paper calls for collective self-emancipation amid flight
|
| 10 Mart 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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João Alfredo’s cabinet takes office as immediate abolition returns to the agenda
|
| 4 Mart 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The paper revisits the Penha do Rio do Peixe murder
|
| 1 Mart 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A Redempção reports the murder of abolitionist Joaquim Firmino
|
| 12 Febrüari 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Serra Negra “freedom” resolution requires continued service
|
| 29 Yanüari 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Abolitionist writing rejects the criminalization of escape
|
| 5 Yanüari 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The newspaper presents mass flight as breaking slaveholder control
|
| 25 Òktober 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Clube Militar asks that soldiers not hunt people escaping slavery
|
| 28 Sèptèmber 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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José do Patrocínio launches the newspaper Cidade do Rio
|
| 18 Sèptèmber 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Satire attacks slave catchers and illegal re-enslavement
|
| 28 Ougùstùs 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A Caifaz letter celebrates resistance to a fugitive catcher
|
| 15 Mei 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A manumission report reveals unequal terms of freedom
|
| 4 April 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A Cupim list traces twenty-seven escapees from thirteen plantations
|
| 3 April 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The paper records Rita’s unconditional manumission
|
| 24 Mart 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A freedom register records 56 manumissions tied to future service
|
| 13 Mart 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Abolitionist reporting describes forced Sunday labor and restraint
|
| 17 Febrüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A legal argument contests the enslavement of Africans
|
| 3 Febrüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Crônica Negra exposes plantation violence
|
| 23 Yanüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Abolitionist print links freedom to political rupture
|
| 20 Yanüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A Redempção expands its public naming of slave-catching
|
| 13 Yanüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A freedom register records three manumissions
|
| 9 Yanüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The paper names people who hunted fugitives
|
| 8 Yanüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Newspaper reports racialized policing on the Jundiaí railway
|
| 2 Yanüari 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Redempção opens its columns to fugitive resistance
|
| 15 Òktober 1886 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Empire abolishes judicial sentences of flogging for enslaved defendants
|
| 1 Novèmber 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Clube do Cupim formally dissolves under pressure
|
| 28 Sèptèmber 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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The Sexagenarian Law offers conditional freedom to some older people
|
| 30 Ougùstùs 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A planned escape uses cargo as cover for a passage north
|
| 20 Yüni 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Joaquim Nabuco brings two freedom letters to Ave Libertas
|
| 25 Mart 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ave Libertas leads a public anniversary celebration and freedom campaign
|
| 5 Desèmber 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Clube do Cupim records enslaved people financing escape passages
|
| 8 Òktober 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A secret Recife group begins organizing escape routes
|
| 8 Sèptèmber 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Ave Libertas celebrates its new headquarters and delivers twenty freedom letters
|
| 7 Sèptèmber 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Porto Alegre publicly celebrates municipal emancipation
|
| 13 Yüli 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A second Ave Libertas benefit frees three women
|
| 10 Yüli 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Amazonas declares the province free of slavery
|
| 20 Yüni 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ave Libertas stages a benefit and secures freedom for Epiphania and Joaquina
|
| 20 April 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Women in Recife found the abolitionist society Ave Libertas
|
| 25 Mart 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ceará abolishes slavery within the province
|
| 30 Sèptèmber 1883 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Mossoró proclaims abolition within its municipality
|
| 9 Mei 1883 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Abolitionist Confederation links societies across the Empire
|
| 1 Yanüari 1883 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Acarape’s remaining enslaved residents receive freedom documents
|
| 30 Yanüari 1881 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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Fortaleza jangadeiros refuse to transport enslaved people for sale
|
| 23 Yanüari 1881 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
São Paulo taxes the entry of enslaved people into the province
|
| 1 Yanüari 1881 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
O Libertador gives Ceará’s antislavery movement a newspaper
|
| 8 Desèmber 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Sociedade Cearense Libertadora is inaugurated
|
| 1 Novèmber 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The newspaper O Abolicionista begins publication
|
| 7 Sèptèmber 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Brazilian anti-slavery society is founded in Rio de Janeiro
|
| 10 Yüli 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Gazeta da Tarde begins a Black-led abolitionist press campaign
|
| 5 Mart 1879 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Jerônimo Sodré brings immediate abolition back into parliamentary debate
|
| 14 Mei 1873 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
São Paulo restricts licenses for some occupations by enslaved workers
|
| 1 Ougùstùs 1872 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil begins its first national census
|
| 1 Desèmber 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A new registration decree governs enslaved people and freeborn children
|
| 28 Sèptèmber 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Free Womb Law declares future-born children free under conditions
|
| 15 Sèptèmber 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Senate continues debate before the Free Womb Law
|
| 14 Sèptèmber 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Senate debates the proposal’s protections and limits
|
| 11 Sèptèmber 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Senate takes up the emancipation question
|
| 26 Ougùstùs 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
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A deputy calculates how long the proposed system would preserve bondage
|
| 22 Ougùstùs 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber returns to the future promised by free birth
|
| 9 Ougùstùs 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Perdigão Malheiro questions the slow emancipation design
|
| 7 Ougùstùs 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber debates who would control freeborn children
|
| 31 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Rio Branco argues for the proposed emancipation framework
|
| 21 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber continues debate over children’s status and service
|
| 18 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Deputies debate maternal claims under the free-birth proposal
|
| 14 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Rio Branco defends state control of the emancipation timetable
|
| 13 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The agriculture minister links emancipation to provincial funds
|
| 12 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Perdigão Malheiro challenges the government’s emancipation proposal
|
| 11 Yüli 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber examines the terms and timetable of emancipation
|
| 30 Yüni 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Senate committee reports on the gradual emancipation bill
|
| 24 Mei 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A second Chamber session continues the free-birth proposal
|
| 23 Mei 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber opens a new phase of debate on free birth
|
| 12 Mei 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The government presents a gradual emancipation bill
|
| 14 Mei 1870 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Teixeira Júnior challenges ministerial silence on emancipation
|
| 15 Sèptèmber 1869 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire bars public auctions and display of enslaved people
|
| 7 Mei 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Council of State advances a controlled emancipation plan
|
| 30 April 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Council weighs freedom at birth against slaveholder property claims
|
| 23 April 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Council members debate the legal rupture of “partus sequitur ventrem”
|
| 16 April 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Council of State begins reviewing an emancipation draft
|
| 18 Yüli 1867 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
An enslaved witness is questioned after the Viana uprising
|
| 10 Yüli 1867 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Viana insurgents write that they seek freedom for enslaved people
|
| 6 Novèmber 1866 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree frees state-owned enslaved men designated for army service
|
| 7 Yanüari 1865 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire creates the Voluntários da Pátria corps
|
| 24 Sèptèmber 1864 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree emancipates surviving emancipados
|
| 1 Yüni 1857 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
African ganhadores strike in Salvador against restrictive controls
|
| 30 Yanüari 1854 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Land regulations establish a system for registering public lands
|
| 28 Desèmber 1853 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire defines the status of Africans completing compulsory service
|
| 26 Yüni 1852 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Railway concession reserves construction work for free workers
|
| 29 Yanüari 1852 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The government suspends contested census and civil registration rules
|
| 18 Yüni 1851 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Civil registration rules classify births and deaths
|
| 18 Yüni 1851 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire orders a population census
|
| 14 Novèmber 1850 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree allocates fees from captured trafficking vessels
|
| 14 Novèmber 1850 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A new decree regulates implementation of the 1850 trade law
|
| 14 Òktober 1850 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree sets procedures to seize ships involved in trafficking
|
| 18 Sèptèmber 1850 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Land Law makes purchase the principal route to public land
|
| 4 Sèptèmber 1850 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Eusébio de Queirós Law targets the Atlantic slave trade
|
| 11 Yanüari 1850 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Chico Prego is executed after the Queimado uprising
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| 19 Mart 1849 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Enslaved people revolt at São José do Queimado after a broken promise of freedom
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| 8 Ougùstùs 1845 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Britain passes the Aberdeen Act against the Brazilian slave trade
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| 4 Sèptèmber 1839 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Manuel Congo is publicly executed after the Vassouras uprising
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| 13 Desèmber 1838 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Balaiada begins in Maranhão
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| 12 Novèmber 1838 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Manuel Congo and Mariana Crioula are captured after a mass flight
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| 5 Novèmber 1838 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Manuel Congo and Marianna Crioula lead a mass escape in the coffee valley
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| 11 Sèptèmber 1838 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Rio requires licenses for enslaved and free ganho workers
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| 6 Novèmber 1837 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Sabinada erupts in Bahia
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| 11 Òktober 1837 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Empire regulates contracts for immigrant settlers
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| 19 Novèmber 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Imperial decree regulates service auctions for free Africans
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| 10 Yüni 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Imperial Law 4 intensifies punishment for enslaved people accused of harming owners
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| 2 Yüni 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Bahia establishes capatazias to police street labor
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| 14 Mei 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Four men are executed after the Malê uprising
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| 13 Mei 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Bahia law targets African freedpeople after the Malê revolt
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| 4 Mart 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Authorities authorize deportation after the Malê Revolt
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| 26 Yanüari 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Authorities order searches and surveillance after the Malê revolt
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| 25 Yanüari 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Malê uprising challenges slavery and colonial authority in Salvador
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| 7 Yanüari 1835 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Cabanagem begins in Belém
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| 4 Novèmber 1833 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The final issue of O Homem de Côr marks the fragility of Black print
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| 21 Òktober 1833 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brasileiro Pardo publishes an early challenge to color discrimination
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| 30 Sèptèmber 1833 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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O Crioulinho joins Rio’s early Black press
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| 14 Sèptèmber 1833 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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O Homem de Côr opens a space for free Black political argument
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| 13 Mei 1833 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Enslaved people launch the Carrancas uprising in Minas Gerais
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| 12 April 1832 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A decree gives judges procedures to enforce the 1831 ban
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| 7 Novèmber 1831 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Feijó law declares newly imported captives free
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| 7 April 1831 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Pedro I abdicates amid popular mobilization
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| 4 Òktober 1830 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Rio de Janeiro adopts a municipal code of public postures
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| 13 Sèptèmber 1830 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Imperial law regulates service contracts for free workers
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| 1 Òktober 1828 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Municipal councils receive authority over local urban affairs
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| 17 Desèmber 1826 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Police troops attack Quilombo do Urubu near Salvador
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| 23 Novèmber 1826 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Brazil agrees to end the transatlantic slave trade after a transition period
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| 25 Mart 1824 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The imperial Constitution preserves a slaveholding order
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| 7 Sèptèmber 1822 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Independence is proclaimed while slavery continues
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| 8 Yüli 1819 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A royal alvará defines enslaved people as part of a mine’s protected assets
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| 6 Mart 1817 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A republican revolt begins in Pernambuco
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| 16 Yanüari 1817 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Cuiabá mining company statutes require shareholders to supply enslaved workers
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| 22 Yanüari 1815 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A treaty bans Portuguese slave trading north of the Equator
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| 13 Novèmber 1814 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A tribunal ruling imposes collective punishment after the Itapuã revolt
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| 28 Febrüari 1814 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Haussás and other Africans rise in the Itapuã revolt
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| 17 Novèmber 1813 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Mining privileges protect mines and enslaved labor as property
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| 19 Febrüari 1810 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Portugal’s treaty with Britain promises gradual suppression of the slave trade
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| 6 Yanüari 1809 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Troops stop the Recôncavo fugitives near Paripe
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| 26 Desèmber 1808 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Enslaved people flee plantations together during a Christmas-season escape
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| 1 April 1808 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown revokes the manufacturing ban
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| 28 Yanüari 1808 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown opens Brazilian ports to “friendly nations”
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| 28 Mei 1807 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A Hausa-led uprising is planned in Salvador and the Recôncavo
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| 13 Mei 1803 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Mining reform centralizes oversight of Brazil’s gold districts
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| 8 Novèmber 1799 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Four Búzios movement participants are publicly executed
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| 27 Ougùstùs 1798 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Free men denounce alleged participants in the Bahian uprising
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| 20 Ougùstùs 1798 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Republican letters reinforce the Bahian movement’s public demands
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| 12 Ougùstùs 1798 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Búzios revolutionary notices call for an end to slavery
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| 12 Mei 1798 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A royal charter abolishes the Diretório in the Pará region
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| 21 April 1792 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown executes Tiradentes after the Minas conspiracy
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| 5 Yanüari 1785 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Crown restrictions curtail most manufacturing in Brazil
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| 19 Sèptèmber 1761 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A metropolitan law frees enslaved people arriving in Portugal
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| 3 Sèptèmber 1759 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Portugal orders the expulsion of Jesuits from its empire
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| 13 Ougùstùs 1759 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Pernambuco and Paraíba company receives a commercial monopoly
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| 3 Òktober 1758 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A royal order bars jailers from exploiting enslaved prisoners’ labor
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| 17 Ougùstùs 1758 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Diretório is extended across Portuguese America
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| 8 Mei 1758 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown extends Indigenous freedom laws to Brazil
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| 3 Mei 1757 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Diretório regulates Indigenous towns through colonial supervision
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| 7 Yüni 1755 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A privileged company is chartered to expand northern colonial commerce
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| 6 Yüni 1755 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown declares Indigenous people in Grão-Pará and Maranhão free
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| 14 Òktober 1751 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A law restricts where enslaved people may be transported
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| 13 Yanüari 1750 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Treaty of Madrid redraws Indigenous homelands as imperial territory
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| 3 Mart 1741 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A royal law prescribes branding and mutilation for people in quilombos
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| 29 Yüni 1720 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Vila Rica residents rise against the foundry regime
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| 11 Febrüari 1719 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown orders gold to pass through royal foundries
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| 20 Novèmber 1695 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Zumbi is killed after Palmares’s central settlement falls
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| 6 Febrüari 1694 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Colonial forces capture the main fortified settlement of Palmares
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| 28 April 1688 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The 1680 ban is partly reversed, reopening Indigenous enslavement
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| 1 April 1680 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown again prohibits Indigenous captivity in Maranhão
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| 9 April 1655 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A new Maranhão law regulates Indigenous “rescue” and captivity
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| 26 Yanüari 1654 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Dutch capitulation returns Recife and Pernambuco to Portuguese rule
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| 10 Mart 1649 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The Crown creates the General Company of Commerce of Brazil
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| 21 Mart 1645 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A Dutch account records violence against a woman of Palmares
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| 12 Yanüari 1616 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Portuguese forces establish Belém at the mouth of the Amazon
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| 10 Sèptèmber 1611 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The 1611 law restores a route to Indigenous captivity
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| 30 Yüli 1609 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A law declares Indigenous people free while preserving colonial control
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| 26 Yüli 1596 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Jesuits receive formal authority over Indigenous administration
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| 11 Novèmber 1595 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Crown narrows legal grounds for capturing Indigenous people
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| 21 Ougùstùs 1587 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A royal order places Indigenous settlements near mills and farms
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| 5 Yüli 1587 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A royal license recognizes “rescue” provisions for enslaved people in Brazil
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| 24 Febrüari 1587 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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A law defines which Indigenous captives colonists may enslave
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| 20 Mart 1570 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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The first major Crown law restricts but does not end Indigenous enslavement
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| 25 Mart 1559 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Crown authorizes sugar mills to import enslaved Africans
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| 29 Mart 1549 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Tomé de Sousa arrives to establish the colonial government at Salvador
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| 22 Yanüari 1532 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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São Vicente becomes a Portuguese colonial settlement
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| 22 April 1500 |
Brazil
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History slavery Brasil
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Portuguese expedition claims a territory inhabited by Indigenous nations
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