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A royal order bars jailers from exploiting enslaved prisoners’ labor

đź“… 3 October 1758

On 3 October 1758, a royal alvará ordered that jailers in Brazil provide sustenance to enslaved people held in prison and not use their labor for private service. The order acknowledged a specific...