Luiz Gonzaga das Virgens

Búzios revolutionary notices call for an end to slavery

📅 12 August 1798

On 12 August 1798, Salvador awoke to handwritten notices calling for a republic, political equality, and an end to slavery. The movement, known as the Conjuração Baiana, Revolta dos Alfaiates, or...

Four Búzios movement participants are publicly executed

📅 8 November 1799

On 8 November 1799, colonial authorities hanged four participants in the Conjuração Baiana in Salvador: Lucas Dantas, Manuel Faustino, Luiz Gonzaga das Virgens, and João de Deus Nascimento. The...