A meeting record cited by historians lists 96$000 réis paid for twelve passage fares. Club correspondence used coded terms such as “Englishmen” for enslaved people escaping toward Ceará. This accounting challenges accounts that cast fugitives as passive: people held in slavery helped finance their movement, while allies supplied shelter, communication, and transport.
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What does the 5 December 1884 account indicate?
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Coded references to “Englishmen” meant people escaping slavery; their contributions helped cover fares.
Enslaved people could contribute to the cost of their own escape passages.
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Club accounts and correspondence indicate that fugitives’ own funds were part of the network’s finances.