[2] The young man moved to Brazil in 1803 at the age of 25 and quickly entered the most important political and economic spheres in the province of São Paulo.

He was a sesmarias judge until 1816,[4] when he moved to Piracicaba, in partnership with brigadier Luís Antônio de Sousa, he acquired land in the region of Rio Claro.

He integrated the cabinet of 13 September 1832, assuming the office of Minister and Secretary of State of the Empire's Affairs until 23 May 1833 and that of the Treasury until 14 December 1832.

He held the Justice ministry in the May 22 cabinet, organized by Manuel Alves Branco, second Viscount of Caravelas and, on an interim basis, that of the Empire.

Their expenses accumulated and could be paid after the harvests, most of the time, however, the immigrants had to take out loans with exaggerated interest rates, generating a cycle of debts.

With the failure of the peonage system, farmers began to pay a fixed amount for the immigrant's work, even a monthly salary.

The book entitled Memórias de um colono no Brasil, written by the former Swiss colonist of the Ibicaba Farm, Thomas Davatz, exposed the terrible working conditions of immigrants on coffee plantations.