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Enslaved fugitives

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Enslaved fugitives

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

Troops stop the Recôncavo fugitives near Paripe

📅 6 Yanüari 1809

On 6 January 1809, troops under Captain Joaquim José dos Passos blocked a group of fugitives near Paripe, outside Salvador. A large escape had expanded through the Recôncavo, and some 140 people...

Clube do Cupim records enslaved people financing escape passages

📅 5 Desèmber 1884

A meeting record cited by historians lists 96$000 réis paid for twelve passage fares. Club correspondence used coded terms such as “Englishmen” for enslaved people escaping toward Ceará. This...

Clube do Cupim formally dissolves under pressure

📅 1 Novèmber 1885

The group’s last recorded session dissolved the Clube do Cupim amid persecution and concern over exposure. Historians caution that the dissolution may have been a protective public gesture: records...