Cabanagem

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Cabanagem Revolution
Cabanagem Revolution
Date 1835–1840 Location Grão-Pará, Empire of Brazil (now Belém, Brazil) Result Empire of Brazil victory
Belligerents
Empire of Brazil National Guard Imperial Navy Militia	Cabanos Natives Slaves Merchants Farmers
Commanders and leaders
Manuel J. Rodrigues John Pascoe Grenfell Joaquim M. Lisboa	Eduardo Angelim João Batista Gonçalves Campos Manoel Vinagre Francisco Pedro Vinagre Antonio Vinagre Vicente Ferreira Lavor Papagaio Félix Malcher †
Strength
6,000 imperial soldiers 3,000 volunteers 10,000 civil militia	25,000 insurgents
Casualties and losses
More than 40,000 dead (soldiers, militia, rebels and civilians)

The Cabanagem (Portuguese pronunciation: [kabaˈnaʒẽj]; 1835–1840) was a popular revolution and pro-separatist movement that occurred in the then province of Grão-Pará, Empire of Brazil.

Among the causes for this revolt were the extreme poverty of the Paraense people, oppression by the Empire of Brazil, and the political irrelevance to which the province was relegated after the independence of Brazil.^[1]

The name "Cabanagem" refers to the type of hut used by the poorest people living along the waterways of northern Brazil, principally caboclos, freed slaves, and indigenous people. The elite agriculturists of Grão-Pará, while living much better, resented their lack of participation in the central government's decision-making, which was dominated by the provinces of the Southeast and Northeast.

It is estimated that 30–40% of the population of Grão-Pará, estimated at 100,000 people, died. In 1833 the Province had 119,877 inhabitants, consisting of 32,751 Amerindians, 29,977 black slaves, 42,000 mixed-race people, and a White minority of 15,000, over half of them Portuguese.^[2]