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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.
Slavery in Brazil by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1834–1839). Two enslaved people enduring brutal punishment in 19th-century Brazil. Passport granted to the slave Manoel by Angelo Pires Ramos, chief of police in the province of Sergipe, on 21 December 1876, authorising him to travel to Bahia and Rio de Janeiro in order to be sold.
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 ...
AMAZON SLAVERY HOTSPOT. Brazil imported more African slaves than any other country in the Americas, mainly to cut sugar cane. While slavery was formally abolished in 1888, there are still pockets ...
Mossoró, in the province of Rio Grande do Norte, is the first city in Brazil to abolish slavery. [120] 1885: 28 September: Sexagenarian Law, or Saraiva-Cotegipe Law, which frees slaves over the age of 60, is passed. 1888: 13 May: The Lei Áurea abolishes the last remnants of slavery. [114] [115] [121] 1889: 15 November
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 ...
To be a Slave in Brazil, 1550-1888. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press 1979. Miller, Joseph C. Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730-1830. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1988. Palmer, Colin. Slaves of the White God. Blacks in Mexico 1570-1650. Cambridge: Harvard University ...