Portuguese settlers violated the peace treaty negotiated with Palmares.

Evidence

There was, however, one important political development during this period. In 1678, “[a]s he had done earlier, whenever a new governor came to Pernambuco, Ganga-Zumba sued for peace.” The treaty that was eventually signed, Kent quotes Nina Rodriques, “gave a real importance to the Negro State which now the Colony treated as one nation would another.” The treaty, however, had little import for the moradores, who proceeded to claim and distribute among themselves a substantial portion of the “Negro State.” Ganga-Zumba’s authority was breached: — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 664

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• QUESTION: The treaty’s breach by moradores and Ganga-Zumba’s ensuing demise shows how settler intransigence undermined negotiated autonomy.

Related

• Colonial settlers ignored a treaty recognizing Palmares as a sovereign nation (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Colonial legal structure prevented the negotiated settlement of the uprising #corroborates (0.75)