Genealogy Projects tagged with coiteiros on the Geni Family Tree

Cangaceiros, volantes and coiteiros

Cangaceiros were leather-dressed outlaws who had great impact in Northeastern Brazilian hinterlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under harsh and arid conditions (leather clothes protected them from the cacti spines), they fought police and some great landowners, and had support from other farmers and from some poor citizens. As a matter of fact, cangaceiros entered social memo...