Bahia battles for Brazilian independence
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Title: Manuscript list of the officers who served in the defeat of the Portuguese in Salvador City, Bahia, Brazil, the final battle in the war for Brazilian independence
Place Published: [Bahia, Brazil?]
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Date Published: 1823
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2½ pp, on 4-page conjugate. With watermark "Quartel General do Exercito" (army headquarters). 31.3x21.2 cm (12¼x8¼").
Document marking the end of one of the key events in the struggle for Brazilian independence from Portugal. On July 2, 1823, Bahian fighters drove the Portuguese out of Brazil and definitively secured Brazil's independence. Outnumbered by Portuguese soldiers, Bahians of mostly African and Native descent came together and still managed to fight towards victory.
Today, Bahians celebrate in the streets with music and parade the image of the Caboclo, a symbol of the Brazilian people and representing the indigenous roots within the racial mix of Brazilians. Bahians also commemorates the bravery of independence heroes and heroines such as Maria Quitéria, who disguised herself as a man and valiantly fought as one of the best on the battlefield; and Maria Felipa de Oliveira, an Afro-Bahian woman who led a squadron of 40 armed women on the island of Itaparica and set fire to fleets of Portuguese ships.
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