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Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade

Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade is a town on the Guaporé river in Mato Grosso, Brazil, founded in 1752 by Antônio Rolim de Moura as the capital of the new Captaincy of Mato Grosso. Gold mining there relied on enslaved Africans. After the capital moved to Cuiabá in 1835 the town declined, and its population remained largely of African descent.

Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade
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Captaincy of Mato Grosso

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vila-bela-da-santissima-trindade
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“Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vila-bela-da-santissima-trindade. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vila-bela-da-santissima-trindade (Accessed: ).

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