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The revolt quickly spread, and with the help of an discontent military, claiming that the class didn’t receive enough recognition from the government, took over the colony and proclaimed an independent republic. The city of Recife was chosen as the capital.
The newly formed Equadorian government declared the end of slavery in 1875. It was an move to prevent a low-class rebellion starting in the country weakening its forces. But although all former enslaved were free on paper, without public supervision, the practice still happened for decades more
Fighting against Portuguese forces took place in various areas of the country, but the Equadorian forces managed of conquering the last Portuguese holding by late 1876. Peru and Colombia agreed to help supply Equador during the war in exchange to the country ceasing to claim some disputed areas in the Amazon.
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