Balaiada
1837 – 1841
A popular revolt of poor farmers, cowhands and escaped slaves in the Brazilian province of Maranhão. Imperial troops under Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, later Duke of Caxias, put it down.
Balaiada1837 – 1841
A popular revolt of poor farmers, cowhands and escaped slaves in the Brazilian province of Maranhão. Imperial troops under Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, later Duke of Caxias, put it down.
