THE CRIME OF HIGH TREASON LESE-MAJESTY (PRIMEIRA CABEÇA) IN CONJURAÇÃO BAIANA (BAHIA’S CONSPIRACY) OF 1798: CONTINUITY IN LEGAL MODERNITY
…and overseas at the end of the 18th century. On the one hand, four free men, poor and pardos, were exemplarily punished, reinforcing the strength and intrinsic superiority of Portuguese…