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23
Yanüari
1881

São Paulo taxes the entry of enslaved people into the province

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📅 23 Yanüari 1881 📍 Brazil

Provincial Law no. 1 required registration of enslaved people entering São Paulo and set a two-contos fee, with exceptions including some agricultural owners and up to three domestic servants. The law sought to deter internal slave trading as abolitionist pressure grew, while its exemptions preserved pathways for plantation and household use. It also shows the state pricing and regulating the forced movement of people between provinces, often separating families.

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Enslaved people moved between provinces

enslavers

provincial tax collectors

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São Paulo Provincial Assembly

provincial government