Raimundo Gomes

Raimundo Gomes
Born
Raimundo Gomes Vieira Jatahy

Raimundo Gomes Vieira Jatahy (fl. 1830s) was an important Brazilian leader of the Balaiada. He was a vaqueiro who administered the plantation of Padre Inácio Mendes (a liberal, or bem-te-vi). The imprisonment of his brother and Gomes' and their fathers' freeing of said brother was one of the catalysts that led to the Balaiada.

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