EVENT INFORMATION

2
Yüni
1835

Bahia establishes capatazias to police street labor

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📅 2 Yüni 1835 📍 Brazil

Bahia Provincial Law no. 14 created capatazias to organize and supervise the urban ganho system. Enslaved workers hired out by the day or task carried goods, sold food, and performed services; many delivered a set sum to an enslaver and kept any remainder. The system gave workers room to build networks and sometimes accumulate savings, while licensing and supervision placed their movement under municipal and police scrutiny.

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🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Enslaved ganhadores and vendors

free Black workers

capatazes

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Bahia Provincial Assembly

Salvador authorities