Newspaper reports racialized policing on the Jundiaí railway

Minutes of the Clube do Cupim record planning an escape operation aboard a vessel carrying 250 sacks of manioc flour toward Macau, Rio Grande do Norte. The cargo could help conceal people from...

Law no. 3,270, enacted on 28 September 1885, regulated gradual extinction and provided freedom for some enslaved people aged 60 or older. Those freed at 60 could be required to provide up to three...

The group’s last recorded session dissolved the Clube do Cupim amid persecution and concern over exposure. Historians caution that the dissolution may have been a protective public gesture: records...

Law no. 3,310 of 15 October 1886 revoked provisions imposing the sentence of lashes on enslaved defendants, including part of the 1835 law that had imposed this punishment for certain offenses. It...

The first issue of A Redempção began a recurring “Crônica de Anos” column that named captains of the bush and other agents of recapture. Its editor, Antônio Bento, made the paper part of an...

In another “Crônica de Anos,” A Redempção listed people it identified as fugitive catchers. Naming these agents challenged the anonymity and local legitimacy of slave-catching. The newspaper was a...

The paper’s “Álbum abolicionista” recorded three manumissions. This section preserved details of individual acts of freedom, but its publication does not mean that every person could secure release on...

The January 20 issue continued to identify local figures involved in recapture and defended its abolitionist orientation. In a society where enslavers and their agents used law, police, and private...

An article in “Propaganda abolicionista” called for ending slavery and connected the demand to the possibility of Paulista separation. The juxtaposition shows the political range of abolitionist...

A “Crônica Negra” account described severe working conditions and bodily violence, including iron restraints and punishment. Such reporting challenged narratives of benevolent mastery and brought...