Satire attacks slave catchers and illegal re-enslavement

The “Álbum abolicionista” reported 56 manumissions associated with Anna Eufrosina and Domingos Leite Penteado, while the terms required four additional years of service. The distinction matters: a...

The “Álbum abolicionista” reported Rita’s manumission without a future-service condition. Publishing this case alongside conditional releases made the difference between formal freedom and freedom...

A dated list records twenty-seven enslaved people fleeing from thirteen sugar estates across at least eight Pernambuco localities. It lists twenty men and seven women, aged fifteen to fifty-six, and...

A Redempção’s album recorded 47 manumissions in Cristina with differing terms: some unconditional, others tied to years of service or valuation arrangements. These varied conditions caution against...

A letter signed “Um caifaz” and titled “Bem feito” recounted the capture and punishment of a captain of the bush who had searched for fugitives. The episode is reported in a partisan newspaper and...

José do Patrocínio launched Cidade do Rio as a daily newspaper and a platform for abolitionist arguments. He chose 28 September, the anniversary of the Free Womb Law, as its first publication date....

In a petition dated 25 October 1887, the Clube Militar asked Princess Regent Isabel not to use the Army to pursue people escaping slavery. The request challenged the military’s role in enforcing...

A Redempção argued that mass escapes and the “cleansing” of plantations had led enslavers to abandon claims over enslaved people. The editorial treats collective flight as a force that made the...

An A Redempção article argued that flight should no longer be treated as a crime. The claim contested the legal and police framework that made an enslaved person’s self-liberation punishable while...

A Redempção reproduced a resolution by farmers in Serra Negra declaring enslaved people free while requiring them to serve until 24 December 1889, with wages. This was conditional emancipation on...