 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Charles Darwin akashanyira Bahia muna 1832 parwendo rwake rwakakurumbirapamusoro peBeagle. Muna 1835, Bahia yaiva nzvimbo yekumukira kwevaranda vemumaguta, Malê Revolt ya1835 nevaranda vakawanda vechiMuslim vekuWest Africa panguva iyoyo. Shoko rokuti malê raishandiswa kazhinji kutaura vaMuslim panguva iyoyo kubva mushoko rechiYoruba imale. Kumukira kwacho kunonyanya kuzivikanwa sokumukira kwevaranda kukuru munhoroondo yeBahia. Pasi poUmambo, Bahia yakadzorera vamiririri 14 kumusangano mukuru uye maseneta manomwe; musangano wayo wedunhu waive nenhengo makumi matatu nenhatu. Muzana ramakore rechi 19, minda yekotoni, yekofi, neyekuputa fodya yakabatanidzwa neiyo yembanje uye kuwanwa kwemadhaimani muna 1844 kwakatungamirira kukuyerera kukuru kwavasuki kutozosvikira madura makuru zvikuru muSouth Africa aonekwa. Kukura kuduku kwakarova Caetité muna 1872 pakuwanwa kwamaamethyst ikoko. Indasitiri yemombe yomukati yakatungamirira kukudziridzwa kwaFeira de Santana isati yaparara munhevedzano yenzara. 