Historedia
Person

Marquis of Pombal (Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo)

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1755–1761

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Marquis of Pombal (Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo), with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Portuguese Ban on Slave Trade

    1755–1761

    Role: De facto ruler of Portugal who decreed the 1761 ban on slave imports

    1. 1755 · LisbonAftermath of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake

      The 1755 earthquake destroyed Lisbon's slave-trade fiscal records and enabled Pombal's rise to de facto rule before the 1761 ban.

    2. 1761 · Kingdom of PortugalPombal's 1761 Ban on Slave Imports

      The Marquis of Pombal banned African slave imports to Portugal and Portuguese India in 1761, deliberately redirecting the trade to Brazil.

Sources

  1. Slavery in Portugal Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
  2. Portugal Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26