The Abolition of Slavery and the Aftermath of Emancipation in Brazil

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Seymour Drescher, Hebe Maria Mattos de Castro, George Reid Andrews, Robert M. Levine ISBN: 9780822381549
Publisher: Duke University Press Publication: July 12, 2013
Imprint: Duke University Press Books Language: English
Author: Seymour Drescher, Hebe Maria Mattos de Castro, George Reid Andrews, Robert M. Levine
ISBN: 9780822381549
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication: July 12, 2013
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Language: English

In May 1888 the Brazilian parliament passed, and Princess Isabel (acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II) signed, the lei aurea, or Golden Law, providing for the total abolition of slavery. Brazil thereby became the last “civilized nation” to part with slavery as a legal institution. The freeing of slaves in Brazil, as in other countries, may not have fulfilled all the hopes for improvement it engendered, but the final act of abolition is certainly one of the defining landmarks of Brazilian history.
The articles presented here represent a broad scope of scholarly inquiry that covers developments across a wide canvas of Brazilian history and accentuates the importance of formal abolition as a watershed in that nation’s development.

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In May 1888 the Brazilian parliament passed, and Princess Isabel (acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II) signed, the lei aurea, or Golden Law, providing for the total abolition of slavery. Brazil thereby became the last “civilized nation” to part with slavery as a legal institution. The freeing of slaves in Brazil, as in other countries, may not have fulfilled all the hopes for improvement it engendered, but the final act of abolition is certainly one of the defining landmarks of Brazilian history.
The articles presented here represent a broad scope of scholarly inquiry that covers developments across a wide canvas of Brazilian history and accentuates the importance of formal abolition as a watershed in that nation’s development.

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