The Sacred Cause: The Abolitionist Movement, Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, and Imperial Politics in Rio de Janeiro

by Jeffrey D. Needell

For centuries, slaveholding was a commonplace in Brazil among both whites and people of color. Abolition was only achieved in 1888, in an unprecedented, turbulent political process. How was the Abolitionist movement (1879-1888) able to bring an end to a form of labor that was traditionally perceived as both indispensable and entirely legitimate? How were the slaveholders who dominated Brazil's constitutional monarchy compelled to agree to it?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503609022
• ISBN13: 9781503609020
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"