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1
Januari
1716

A maize shortage drives prices higher

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๐Ÿ“… 1 Januari 1716 ๐Ÿ“ Curaรงao

The article notes that purchased maize cost two pesos per schepel in 1716, compared with one peso in 1709. Rising costs made rations harder to provide and fed the conditions the historian identifies around the uprising. No exact day is supplied.

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enslaved people

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Curaรงao colonial administration

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