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Marquês de Pombal

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📍 Portugal

Marquês de Pombal

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

Portugal declares enslaved people entering the metropole free

📅 19 Sèptèmber 1761

A royal decree declared enslaved people arriving in mainland Portugal free, an important but geographically limited measure. It did not free people in Brazil or Portuguese African territories, and the...