Rio’s municipal code of postures regulated street life, commerce, sanitation, and public order. Such rules shaped the conditions under which enslaved people hired out their labor, including porters, vendors, and other workers whose earnings could be claimed by owners. The rules also constrained free Black residents. Reading the code alongside workers’ practices shows the street as both a workplace and a site of surveillance and negotiation.
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What did Rio’s 1830 code regulate?
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Municipal postures governed the use of public space and commerce.