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(''Partido Moderado'') and from some of the members of the Restorationist Party (''Partido Restaurador'') in the 1830s when it became known as the Reactionary Party (''Partido Regressista''). In the early 1840s it called itself the Party of Order () to distinguish itself from the liberal opposition, which they accused of disorder and anarchy, and both the party members and its leadership were known as "''saquaremas''" after the village of

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, where the leadership had plantations and support.Jeffrey D. Needell, ''The Party of Order: The Conservatives, the State, and Slavery in the Brazilian Monarchy, 1831-1871'' (Stanford University Press, 2006: ), p. 110. In the mid-1850s, it was finally known as the Conservative Party.

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*Ilmar Rohloff de Mattos, ''O tempo saquarema: A formação do estado imperial'' (Rio de Janeiro: ACCESS, 1994); emphasizes party's role in promoting antidemocratic hierarchies of wealth and authority * Emphasizes party's defense of stability and parliamentary rule. Conservative parties in Brazil Defunct political parties in Brazil 1836 establishments in Brazil Political parties established in 1836 1889 disestablishments in Brazil Monarchism in Brazil Political parties disestablished in 1889 {{brazil-party-stub