EVENT INFORMATION

25
Òktober
1887

The Clube Militar asks that soldiers not hunt people escaping slavery

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📅 25 Òktober 1887 📍 Brazil

In a petition dated 25 October 1887, the Clube Militar asked Princess Regent Isabel not to use the Army to pursue people escaping slavery. The request challenged the military’s role in enforcing slaveholders’ claims, though it came from an institution of officers rather than from the fugitives themselves. The petition reflected the growing difficulty of compelling soldiers to serve as slave catchers, as mass flight and resistance further weakened the institution.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca

Clube Militar officers

people escaping slavery

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Clube Militar

Imperial Army

Regency government