Resumo:
This thesis analyzes the insertion of Recôncavo in the map of the Rebel Movement of 1798,
based on the construction and operation of a revolutionary network that circulated between
the City of Bahia and the towns and parishes of São Francisco do Conde and Santo Amaro da
Purificação, with ramifications and developments in Vila de Cachoeira, being the target of
investigations that revealed ideas, actions, accusations, characters, plots, arrests and
convictions, in a restless and distressed Bahia in the face of a crisis scenario that showed the
fearlessness and political boldness of various subjects in pursuing their agendas. Around
1795-1798, a rebellious network was articulated between Salvador and the sugar heart of
Bahia, with one of the main characters being the surgeon Cipriano José Barata de Almeida,
who settled in Freguesia do Monte, Vila de São Francisco do Conde, spreading there ideas of
revolution linked to the plans and bulletins published in the capital, on August 12, 1798. The
revolutionary network was born in Salvador, with one of the main organizers being father
Francisco Agostinho Gomes, who together with lieutenant Hermógenes Francisco de Aguilar
Pantoja translated french works and indoctrinated rebels into actions linked to political-
economic, freedom inspired by enlightenment ideas of the time. However, Cipriano Barata’s
indoctrination through the Recôncavo reached people of color, such as the master bricklayer
Antônio Simões da Cunha, who had access to revolutionary ideas, reinterpreting them in light
of the possibility of achieving social equality, which here we can translate as the search for
citizenship. The brown man Domingos Borges de Barros was also part of this rebellious
network, spreading anti-religious content throughout the village of Santo Amaro da
Purificação, allied with the other brown people who practiced such actions in the City of
Bahia. Some rebels circulated through Vila de Cachoeira, such as the enslaved José Félix da
Costa who sought a path to freedom in the 1798 Movement, and allegations of sedition
against the magistrate Joaquim de Amorim e Castro also emerged in this location., determined
in the context of the developments of this historical event. Therefore, we demonstrate in this
thesis how Recôncavo was a nest for the articulation and dissemination of various freedom
and equality projects at the end of the 18th century in Bahia.
