On 9 April 1655, the Crown issued a law governing Indigenous “rescue” and labor in Maranhão. It retained categories through which captives could be transferred into colonial service, despite earlier declarations of freedom. Historians note that “rescue” could legitimize coercion and the sale of people seized in wars between Indigenous nations or by colonial expeditions. The statute shows how legal reform could reorganize enslavement rather than abolish it.
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What did the Maranhão law of 9 April 1655 regulate?
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The law retained regulated pathways into Indigenous captivity and service.