Historical Person

Diogo Antônio Feijó

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📍 Brazil

Diogo Antônio Feijó

Gender: Male

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The Feijó law declares newly imported captives free

📅 7 November 1831

On 7 November 1831, an imperial law declared that Africans brought into Brazil from abroad would be free and penalized those involved in the traffic. The law followed the 1826 treaty, but the state...