Brazilian Slave Labor and the Coffee Economy (1800–1888)

1. Coffee planting expands in Rio de Janeiro province

   Jan 1, 1800Labels: Rio de, Coffee plantations

   • Coffee Brazil
   • Coffee cycle

2. Brazil declares independence while slavery continues

   Sep 7, 1822Labels: Brazil, Monarchy

   • US Census

3. Feijó Law bans the slave trade in law

   Nov 7, 1831Labels: Feij Law, Transatlantic slave

   • Eus bio law
   • Lu s Gama

4. Malê Revolt highlights urban slave resistance

   Jan 25, 1835Labels: Mal Revolt, Salvador Bahia

   • UFF project
   • Mal revolt

5. Brazil becomes the world’s leading coffee producer

   Jan 1, 1840Labels: Brazil, Coffee export

   • Coffee Brazil

6. Britain passes the Aberdeen Act against slave ships

   Aug 9, 1845Labels: Aberdeen Act, United Kingdom

   • Aberdeen Act
   • Hansard

7. Eusébio de Queirós Law ends the Atlantic slave trade

   Sep 4, 1850Labels: Eus bio, Atlantic slave

   • Britannica
   • Eus bio law

8. Land Law restricts land access as labor shifts

   Sep 18, 1850Labels: Land Law, Lei de

   • Brazil Senate
   • Encyclopedia

9. Rio Branco Law frees children born to enslaved mothers

   Sep 28, 1871Labels: Rio Branco, Free Birth

   • Britannica
   • Rio Branco

10. Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society organizes national abolitionism

    Sep 7, 1880Labels: Brazilian Anti-Slavery, Abolitionists

    • SBCE
    • Senate archive

11. Sexagenarian Law grants limited freedom to older enslaved people

    Sep 28, 1885Labels: Sexagenarian Law, Saraiva-Cotegipe Law

    • UOL Press
    • Sexagenarian

12. Lei Áurea abolishes slavery throughout Brazil

    May 13, 1888Labels: Lei urea, Abolition of

    • Britannica
    • Lei urea

13. Republic proclaimed after post-abolition political rupture

    Nov 15, 1889Labels: Proclamation of, Military coup

    • Republic 1889