On 1 April 1680, a royal law prohibited the captivity of Indigenous people in the State of Maranhão, including cases previously treated as exceptions. It ordered officials to free people held unlawfully and directed them to mission villages. Yet this policy placed Indigenous people under missionary and colonial administration and was contested by settlers seeking labor. A later measure partly restored earlier rules, demonstrating the gap between legal declarations and lived freedom.
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What did the 1680 law prohibit in Maranhão?
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The law prohibited Indigenous captivity, though people remained under colonial and mission control.
Palmares consisted of one small settlement with no agricultural or political organization.
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It was a network of communities with agriculture, leadership, and defensive systems.