Cipriano Barata, also known as Cipriano José Barata de Almeida (26 September 1762 – 7 June 1838) was a Brazilian physician and politician who was in favor of

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. He was a founding member of a Masonic Lodge, "The Knights of the Light Shop." He was also a journalist who started a newspaper in Portugal called ''Sentinel of Liberty''.

Early life and education

Barata was born in Bahia, Brazil in 1762. Barata graduated from the

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, where he studied surgery, philosophy and mathematics and was introduced to Enlightenment ideas that were popular in academia at the time.

Career and political activity

Together with professor Francisco Muniz Barreto and others, he was a member of the first

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Lodge in Brazil, the "Knights of the Light Shop", founded in

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in 1797. The following year, he attended the casting Bahia, being held by legal authorities afterward. Some say that he was the editor of the Manifesto to the People from Bahia, which urged the people to revolt. He gained prominence as a member of a movement, Conjuração Baiana, that wanted independence for Brazil and the end of slavery. In 1800, he was arrested and released for his alleged involvement. After this point, he became a cane farmer in the town of Abrantes (current

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) and continued practicing as a doctor. Barata fled to Portugal in 1832. Shortly after his arrival he started a newspaper called ''Sentinela da Liberdade'' (Sentinel of Liberty).

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*MILK, Renato Lopes. Republicans and Libertarians. Radical thinkers in Rio de Janeiro (1822). Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Civilization, 2000. *SODRÉ, Nelson Werneck. The history of the press in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Civilization, 1966. *Vianna, Helium. Contribution to the History of the Brazilian Press (1812–1869). Rio de Janeiro: National Press, 1945. 664p. 1762 births 1838 deaths 19th-century Brazilian physicians Brazilian politicians People from Salvador, Bahia University of Coimbra alumni {{Brazil-politician-stub