EVENT INFORMATION

1
Juni
1857

African ganhadores strike in Salvador against restrictive controls

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📅 1 Juni 1857 📍 Brazilië

On 1 June 1857, enslaved and freed African ganhadores—workers who carried goods and people through Salvador—stopped work in protest against a municipal ordinance that imposed restrictive registration and identification rules. Their coordinated withdrawal disrupted transport and commerce, demonstrating the collective leverage of workers whose labor elites treated as indispensable. The strike crossed legal status lines: enslaved workers negotiated with owners while freed workers acted on their own behalf. It was organized labor resistance, not simply a riot.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Enslaved and freed African ganhadores

municipal officials

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Salvador municipal government

African worker networks