On 26 July 1596, the Crown transferred administration of Indigenous peoples in Brazil to the Jesuits. This measure limited settlers’ direct control in some settings while expanding missionary authority over Indigenous lives, labor, and movement. Jesuit missions were not outside colonial power: they served conversion and settlement, and could organize Indigenous labor for mission economies. Indigenous people navigated competing claims by settlers, church authorities, and the Crown.
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