republic · South America
Confederation of the Equator
Origins
In 1823 Pedro I dissolved Brazil's Constituent Assembly, and in 1824 he imposed a constitution that gave the emperor a moderating power. Pernambuco, already the home of the Republic of Pernambuco, rejected it. On 2 July 1824 its president, Manuel de Carvalho Pais de Andrade, proclaimed the Confederation of the Equator in Recife.
Rule and society
The confederation invited the northeastern provinces to form a federal republic modelled on the Colombian constitution, and parts of Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará joined. The friar Joaquim do Amor Divino Caneca, known as Frei Caneca, was its leading ideologue through his newspaper. Divisions over ending the slave trade weakened the movement.
Decline and legacy
Imperial forces under Francisco de Lima e Silva and a fleet under Lord Cochrane took Recife in September 1824, and resistance ended by November. Frei Caneca and other leaders were executed in 1825, and Pernambuco was punished by losing territory.
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