CABANAGEM – also known as Guerra dos Cabanos (reference to the dwellings of the riverside people, which were a kind of cabin) was a movement that t...

CABANAGEM – also known as Guerra dos Cabanos (reference to the dwellings of the riverside people, which were a kind of cabin) was a movement that took place in the province of Grão-Pará (currently Pará, Amazonas, Amapá, Roraima, and Rondônia), from 1835 to 1840, during the Regency Period. At that time, the majority of the population in Pará consisted of indigenous people, enslaved individuals, and dependents. According to Santos (2004, p. 3), the movement "[...] was a movement in which farmers, peasants, enslaved blacks, small traders, and indigenous servants, taking advantage of a moment of internal crisis among the province's rulers, took over the government of the region." The movement had several causes, including extreme poverty among the population, political neglect after Brazil's independence, the elite's desire to participate in the province's politics and administration, and the desire for independence from the central government. The Cabanagem War involved various sectors of society, and although it was a class movement, the ethnic aspect, especially among indigenous people and whites, was also present. Therefore, Pinheiro (2009, p. 1) indicates that: The Cabanagem should not be understood as an episodic movement, but rather as a process of social and political transformation that involved the entire population of the province, from the poorest to the wealthiest, from the most marginalized to the most influential."