On 26 January 1654, Dutch authorities signed the capitulation ending their control of Recife and surrounding territories. The transfer changed the European power governing a major sugar-producing region but did not end plantation slavery. Portuguese rule consolidated again over a society built through land appropriation and enslaved labor. The event is included to show how imperial rivalry reshaped the administration of slavery without freeing those held in bondage.
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What changed after the 1654 Dutch capitulation?
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The European ruler changed; the slave-based plantation order did not end.
The 1680 law prohibited Indigenous captivity in Maranhão, while colonial administration remained in place.
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The ban was significant but did not establish Indigenous self-determination.