EVENT INFORMATION

6
Mart
1817

A republican revolt begins in Pernambuco

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📅 6 Mart 1817 📍 Brazil

On 6 March 1817, a republican revolt broke out in Recife against Portuguese royal authority. Its leaders challenged imperial government and pursued regional independence, yet many belonged to slaveholding society and the movement did not establish abolition. Enslaved people and free people of color navigated the conflict in their own ways, including flight and attempts to use the upheaval to pursue freedom. This episode shows why anticolonial republicanism cannot automatically be treated as a movement against slavery.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Pernambuco insurgents

enslaved people and free people of color

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Provisional government of Pernambuco

Portuguese Crown