Revolta dos Malês

Salvador Bahia January 1835 After more than a decade of hard work Guilhermina 27 a slave of Muslim origin finally gets the resources to buy her manumission as well as that of Teresa 11 her teenage daughter But contrary to an old promise his lord farmer Souza Velho refuses to sell the girls letter When Pacific Licutan Salvadors most esteemed Islamic leadership is arrested by the Bahian authorities the Muslim community goes into a boiling state and begins to articulate a jihad In desperation Guilhermina sees in the uprising the only way to win her daughters freedom