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Francisco Sabino Francisco Sabino Álvares da Rocha Vieira Barroso (died 1846) was a revolutionary political leader of 19th-century Brazil. He was the leader of the Sabinada rebellion of 1837–38, in which he called for the abolition of slavery and the redistrib ...

that occurred in

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province between 6 November 1837 and 16 March 1838. Calling for the abolition of slavery and the redistribution of land, the rebel " Bahia Republic" fought against the government for one year until their capital of

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was conquered.

History

state had a history of rebellions, starting with the conquest of Bahia in 1798, Bahia's resistance to Brazil following the

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in 1822–1823, the

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in 1832, and the 1835

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. After the 1837 resignation of regent Diogo Antônio Feijó of the

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, military officer

rose up in rebellion, calling for the abolition of slavery and the redistribution of land. The rebel forces were mostly disenfranchised lower-class people and escaped slaves from the southern provinces. However, the rebels received support from the knowledge of traitorous generals that shared their knowledge of the southern province's geography to the cause. The Brazilian government dispatched forces to subdue the Sabinada revolt, but many of the loyalist troops deserted to join the rebels. The rebels took over the regional capital of

, but they found little support, even from the slaves. In March 1838, Salvador was blockaded and besieged by the government, and about 1,000 people perished in the fighting. Some leaders were executed, some were exiled to remote places like

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, and some managed to escape and fight in the

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for the Riograndense Republic.

References

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