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Enslaved and fugitive Africans

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Enslaved and fugitive Africans

Gender: Male

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A royal law prescribes branding and mutilation for people in quilombos

đź“… 3 March 1741

On 3 March 1741, Portugal issued an alvará ordering that Black people found living in quilombos be branded with an “F”; if already branded, an ear was to be cut off. The language reveals a state...