Farroupilha Party (RRG)

The Farroupilha Party is the name of the group of politicians and soldiers from the Riograndense Republic who rebelled against the imperial Brazilian government and achieved the country's independence. The group's designation as a political party is anachronistic as it was in fact a loose coalition of supporters of republican ideals. This association did not have a single ideology, as its some of its members were separatist while others supported reforming Brazil into a federal republic. Indeed, the leader of the country throughout its war of independence was Bento Gonçalves, a staunch monarchist who opposed separatism and whose rebellion came as a reaction to the unpopularity of the appointed provincial president.

The party was divided on the issue of slavery as a vocal minority opposed the abolition of the institution. Despite this, the Farroupilha General Assembly would adopt the constitutional amendment on the abolition of slavery in 1844-1845. The party would nominally rule the country until its division into the conservative National Party and the liberal Radical Party in the late 1840s.