đź“… 5 January 1785
The royal alvará of 5 January 1785 ordered most factories and manufactures in Brazil closed, protecting metropolitan commercial interests. Coarse cotton production for enslaved people’s clothing was...
đź“… 25 June 1856
A colonial decision authorized the Marine administration to acquire 53 contracts from African workers brought by the Diane for prison services. This shows how the state itself used indenture to...
đź“… 5 May 1848
A letter dated 5 May 1848 concerning emigration from St Helena described policy that cut rations to encourage liberated Africans to leave for the Caribbean. The people concerned had been freed from...
