đź“… 1 June 1857
On 1 June 1857, enslaved and freed African ganhadores—workers who carried goods and people through Salvador—stopped work in protest against a municipal ordinance that imposed restrictive...
đź“… 7 September 1884
On 7 September 1884, Porto Alegre held a public ceremony associated with emancipation and the local Centro Abolicionista. The city’s surviving records document the organized campaign and the public...
đź“… 4 October 1830
Rio’s municipal code of postures regulated street life, commerce, sanitation, and public order. Such rules shaped the conditions under which enslaved people hired out their labor, including porters,...
đź“… 14 May 1873
SĂŁo Paulo Resolution no. 93 prohibited municipal licenses for enslaved people to work as coachmen for hire, cart conductors, or water sellers, while allowing a limited exception for private carriage...
