Bahia Conspiracy

Also known as: Tailors’ Revolt, Revolt of the Búzios

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Organization Timeline

Bahia manifestos demand freedom and challenge racial discrimination

📅 12 August 1798

Revolutionary manifestos appeared in Salvador during the Bahia Conspiracy. Participants included working people and people of African descent, with demands for liberty and an end to discriminatory...

Four men are executed after the Bahia Conspiracy

📅 8 November 1799

Colonial authorities publicly executed four men involved in the Bahia Conspiracy. The punishment targeted a movement remembered for popular participation and challenges to racial inequality. Their...