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Congress raises the legal whipping limit for enslaved people
📅 23 May 1836A law approved on 23 May 1836 expanded owners’ authority to punish enslaved people and raised the permitted maximum from 29 to 100 lashes. Fundación Empresas Polar describes it as a regression...
Enslaved people revolt at São José do Queimado after a broken promise of freedom
đź“… 19 March 1849On 19 March 1849, enslaved builders at SĂŁo JosĂ© do Queimado in EspĂrito Santo rose after a promise of emancipation for constructing a church was not honored. Chico Prego, Elisiário, JoĂŁo da ViĂşva, and...
The Empire orders a population census
đź“… 18 June 1851Decree no. 797 of 18 June 1851 ordered a general census. Counting inhabitants could aid administration and taxation, but population categories were created by a state whose social order depended on...
The government suspends contested census and civil registration rules
đź“… 29 January 1852On 29 January 1852, Decree no. 907 suspended the 1851 census and civil-registration regulations amid intense popular resistance. The protest, often called the Ronco da Abelha in some regions, was...
Land regulations establish a system for registering public lands
đź“… 30 January 1854Decree no. 1,318 of 30 January 1854 regulated implementation of the 1850 Land Law, including procedures for identifying and registering land. The system relied heavily on declarations by occupants and...
A new registration decree governs enslaved people and freeborn children
đź“… 1 December 1871Decree no. 4,835 of 1 December 1871 regulated a special register of enslaved people and children legally classified as freeborn under the September law. Registration could help administer a gradual...