5-478: The Sabinada (1837–1838) was a revolt by military officer Francisco Sabino that occurred in Brazil 's Bahia 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 Salvador was conquered. Brazil 's Bahia state had a history of rebellions, starting with
10-534: 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 redistribution of land, but he was defeated. Francisco Sabino was a doctor from Brazil , and he later became a revolutionary political leader. He led the Sabinada separatist uprising in 1837 in the state of Bahia on the southeastern shore, where he wanted to abolish slavery and redistribute land to
15-657: The conquest of Bahia in 1798, Bahia's resistance to Brazil following the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822–1823, the Federation of Guanais in 1832, and the 1835 Malê Revolt . After the 1837 resignation of regent Diogo Antônio Feijó of the Empire of Brazil , military officer Francisco Sabino 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
20-537: 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 Mato Grosso , and some managed to escape and fight in the Ragamuffin War for the Riograndense Republic . Francisco Sabino Francisco Sabino Álvares da Rocha Vieira Barroso (died 1846) was
25-472: 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 Salvador , but they found little support, even from
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