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Raimundo Gomes and other rebels

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Raimundo Gomes and other rebels

Gender: Male

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The Balaiada begins in Maranhão

📅 13 December 1838

On 13 December 1838, a group of men attacked the jail at Vila da Manga in Maranhão, an event often used to date the start of the Balaiada. The wider revolt drew in poor rural people, Black...