The Abolition of Slavery and the Aftermath of Emancipation in Brazil

by Seymour Drescher, Robert M. Levine, George Reid Andrews, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822308886
• ISBN13: 9780822308881
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"