A later account cited in scholarship describes a major operation in Recife in which 119 enslaved people were embarked for escape toward the North. Their movement followed years of fugitives, free workers, and abolitionists building an interprovincial network. The ship’s name varies in later accounts, so this entry centers the documented date and scale while flagging that source discrepancy.
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What does the 23 April 1888 embarkation reveal?
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The operation was part of a network that relied on the agency and planning of enslaved people.
The Clube do Cupim’s April 1888 operation involved the embarkation of 119 people.
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A later account cited in scholarship reports this scale; the exact vessel name varies across sources.