enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians

The Pernambuco and Paraíba company receives a commercial monopoly

📅 13 Augustus 1759

On 13 August 1759, an alvará confirmed the Companhia Geral de Pernambuco e Paraíba. The company received a 20-year monopoly over commerce in Pernambuco and associated captaincies. In a region where...