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The Lei Áurea (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlej ˈawɾiɐ]; English: Golden Law), officially Law No. 3,353 of 13 May 1888, is the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. It was signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921), an opponent of slavery, who acted as regent to Emperor Pedro II, who was in Europe. [1] [2]
Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement. Later, colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labor during the initial phases of settlement to maintain the subsistence economy , and natives were often captured by expeditions of bandeirantes (derived from the word for "flags", from the flag of Portugal they carried ...
May 7 – The bill to abolish slavery is presented in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. [2] May 13 – Princess Isabel signs the Lei Áurea (Golden Law), which abolishes slavery in Brazil. [3] [4] [5]
1888 poster from the Brazilian National Archives collection commemorating the abolition of slavery in Brazil. The history of abolitionism in Brazil goes back to the first attempt to abolish indigenous slavery in Brazil, in 1611, to its definitive abolition by the Marquis of Pombal, in 1755 and 1758, during the reign of King Joseph I, and to the emancipation movements in the colonial period ...
Slavery abolished. 1885: Brazil: Saraiva-Cotegipe Law passed, freeing all slaves over the age of 60 and creating other measures for the gradual abolition of slavery, such as a Manumissions Fund administered by the State. 1886: Spanish Cuba: Slavery abolished. [70] 1888: Brazil: Slavery abolished. [155] 1889: Italy
From the 16th to the 19th century, Brazil received around 5 million enslaved Africans, more than any other country. Transatlantic cruise to turn spotlight on Brazil-Angola slavery past Skip to ...
Brazil — where more than half the population self-identifies as Black or biracial — has long resisted reck Brazil, facing calls for reparations, wrangles with its painful legacy of slavery ...
The conditions of slavery in Brazil varied by region and form of labor. For instance, in sugar plantations in the Bahia region, African slaves were treated and fed poorly and worked as hard as possible because the profit gained from this method outweighed the profit lost from a slave with a short life span. [ 3 ]