Category

18th-century Brazilian women

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Bárbara de Alencar

Brazilian merchant and revolutionary, Brazil's first political prey (1760-1832)

Maria da Conceição

natural healer executed for witchcraft

Brazilian freed slave (c. 1732–1796)

Felipa Maria Aranha

founder and leader of the Mola quilombo

Ursulina de Jesus

Brazilian witch

Esperança Garcia

Brazilian lawyer

Damiana da Cunha

Indigenous leader