On 19 March 1849, enslaved builders at São José do Queimado in Espírito Santo rose after a promise of emancipation for constructing a church was not honored. Chico Prego, Elisiário, João da Viúva, and others helped lead the movement across the surrounding area. Participants sought the freedom they had been promised and obtained some written emancipation papers during the revolt. The episode exposes how religious authority and unpaid labor could be used to delay freedom, and how enslaved people responded collectively.
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Why did enslaved builders revolt at Queimado on 19 March 1849?
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Participants sought the freedom promised for their labor building São José church.
The Queimado uprising followed an unfulfilled promise of freedom to enslaved church builders.
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The participants sought the emancipation promised for their labor.