What was Sabinada? The Sabinada was a Brazilian insurrection, which took place between the years 1837 and 1838 in Bahia, more precisely, in the city of Salvador. The revolt was named after its leader, Francisco Sabino Álvares da Rocha.
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According to historians, among the main Sabinada's motives are dissatisfaction with the policies imposed by the regency government, especially with regard to the appointment of authorities to the government of Bahia.
There was still dissatisfaction with the administrative measures determined by the regent at the time.
The crucial moment for the beginning of the revolt was when the government decreed that Bahians must, obligatorily, participate in the War of the Rags, which was happening in the south of the country. At this moment, the population revolted, giving space for the beginning of the movement.
Unlike other regency revolts, its main objective was not to separate Bahia from the rest of the country, but to conquer the political autonomy and institution of republican federalism, which would consequently grant the political and administrative emancipation of provinces.
Among its participants, we can find liberal professionals, merchants, members of the middle class, and military, constituting the middle layer of the urban population.
On November 7, 1837, a group of insurgents, commanded by Francisco Sabino Álvares da Rocha, mutinied in Salvador. Allied to the troops at Fort São Pedro, they proclaimed the “Bahiense Republic” which would only be in force until Dom Pedro II acquire the age of majority.
A curious fact of this conflict is that the soldiers sent by the government to contain the riot, ended up joining the movement, increasing even more the number of people involved in the revolt.
The rebels took over military barracks, and later the City Hall, where Sabino was appointed government secretary of the “República Bahiana” and Daniel Gomes de Freitas, as Minister of War.
In the following months, while the new government seemed consolidated, the federal government organized itself to carry out a counterattack. This fact materialized on March 16, 1838, when the regency troops carried out the sea and land blockade of Salvador.
The city was retaken by the regency government, mainly with the use of violence. It is estimated that more than 2,000 people, including rebels and government envoys, died in Sabinada. On the other hand, more than 3 thousand people were arrested. The leaders of the movement were sentenced to death or life imprisonment.