Inconfidência Mineira
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The Inconfidência Mineira was an unsuccessful separatist movement in Colonial Brazil in 1789. It was the result of a confluence of external and internal causes. The external inspiration was the indepe
The conspirators' flag, by Carlos Oswald
Response of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes, to the commutation of the rebels' punishment
Figueiredo MHN Tiradentes
Tiradentes quartered by Pedro Américo 1893
Tomás António Gonzaga
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Tomás António Gonzaga was a Portuguese poet. One of the most famous Neoclassic writers in colonial Brazil, he was also the ouvidor and the ombudsman of the city of Ouro Preto, as well as the desembarg
Inconfidência Mineira
…militia. The conspiracy attracted a great number of military personnel, priests, and intellectuals, as well as the poets Cláudio Manuel da Costa and Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1807?). Among the best known participants were Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, best known as "Tiradentes"; José Álvares Maciel, a philosopher and…
A drawing of Gonzaga