Brazil forbids the Atlantic slave trade (1811–1831)

The Empire of Brazil, a 19th-century state broadly comprising the territories of modern Brazil and Uruguay, was governed from Rio de Janeiro, which Pedro kept as capital after independence in 1822. From 1826 to 1831, debates raged over whether the emperor or parliament would dominate government. Between 1811 and 1831, 500,000 to a million enslaved people arrived in Rio de Janeiro through Valongo Wharf. The supplied passages do not state any November 1831 prohibition of the Atlantic slave trade, so that core claim cannot be sourced here.

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Background. The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories forming modern Brazil and Uruguay until Uruguay achieved independence in 1828. When Prince Pedro proclaimed Brazilian independence in 1822, he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire. Between 1811 and 1831, 500,000 to a million enslaved people arrived in Rio de Janeiro through Valongo Wharf, now a World Heritage Site. These are the sourced facts; the passages do not connect them to any 1831 prohibition of the slave trade.

Political Context. Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian throne on 7 April 1831, departing for Europe to restore his daughter to the Portuguese throne. This abdication occurred amidst struggles over governmental structure. The provided passages do not explicitly detail the November 1831 Feijó law or its specific enactment, but they establish the political environment in Rio de Janeiro during this period.

Economic and Social Factors. After independence, the region around the capital was enriched with sugar cane agriculture in the Campos region and, especially, with new coffee cultivation in the Paraíba Valley. Between 1811 and 1831, 500,000 to a million enslaved people arrived in Rio de Janeiro through Valongo Wharf. The passages do not state any causal link between these economic factors and the 1826–1831 governmental debates; that connection is not sourced in the supplied evidence.

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