Manoel Beckman

{{Short description|Brazilian businessman}}

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Manoel Beckman, also known as Bequimão, was a 17th-century trader, politician and farmer in São Luís, Maranhão in the North East of Brazil. He was son of a German father and a Portuguese mother, both of Jewish origin.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8xnAwAAQBAJ&dq=manuel%2520beckman&pg=PT162|title=Eles formaram o Brasil|last1=Ramos|first1=Fábio Pestana|last2=Morais|first2=Marcus Vinícius de|date=2011-01-13|publisher=Editora Contexto|isbn=9788572445153|language=pt-BR}} He was investigated by the Portuguese Inquisition. In 1684, together with his brother Tomás and many rich farmers, he started a rebellion against the local colonial authorities and the Company of Commerce because of unfulfilled promises of shipments of African slaves and the abolition of native slavery.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=juwLbmZ7P2sC&dq=manuel%2520beckman&pg=PA147|title=Through Cracks in the Wall: Modern Inquisitions and New Christian Letrados in the Iberian Atlantic World|last=Costigan|first=Lúcia Helena|date=2010-01-01|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004179202|language=en}} He also targeted the Catholic clergy, especially the Crown's Favourites, who protected the Christian natives. The insurrection was eventually put down by Loyalist troops and Beckman was hanged on November 2, 1685.