Macaco Beleza e o massacre do Tabuão

Book of 84 pages in Portuguese on the history of Macaco Beleza writing Frede Abreu.

The book addresses the life of Manuel Benício dos Passos, better known as Macaco Beleza, a Bahian capoeirista, abolitionist, monarchist and leader of the Bahian Black Guard in street conflicts.

Macaco Beleza organized the Massacre do Tabuão, an attack carried out against republicans who were holding a rally in favor of the establishment of the Republic, on June 15, 1889. Armed with sticks, canes and stones, Macaco Beleza and his gang repressed the rally, ending the act.