Brazilian abolitionist movement

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The Brazilian abolitionist movement was a 19th-century social and political campaign that mobilized intellectuals, activists, and segments of the elite to end slavery in Brazil, culminating in its formal abolition in 1888.

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instanceOf abolitionist movement
political movement
social movement
chronology intensified after the Paraguayan War
country Brazil
culminatedIn abolition of slavery in Brazil
endTime 1888
hasPart abolitionist clubs in Brazil
abolitionist newspapers in Brazil
student abolitionist societies
influencedBy Atlantic abolitionist movement
British abolitionist movement
Christian humanitarianism
Enlightenment ideas
liberalism
location Empire of Brazil
mainGoal abolition of slavery in Brazil
opposed slavery in Brazil
opposedBy Brazilian slaveholders
conservative politicians in the Empire of Brazil
rural coffee plantation elites
participant André Rebouças
Antônio Bento
Brazilian intellectuals
Joaquim Nabuco
José do Patrocínio
Luís Gama
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
surface form: Princess Isabel of Brazil

Rui Barbosa
surface form: Ruy Barbosa

black mutual aid societies in Brazil
segments of the Brazilian elite
urban middle classes in Brazil
relatedTo Lei do Ventre Livre of 1871
Lei dos Sexagenários of 1885
Lei Áurea
surface form: Lei Áurea of 1888

history of slavery in Brazil
result formal abolition of slavery in Brazil on 13 May 1888
growth of republican sentiment in Brazil
weakening of the Brazilian monarchy
significantEvent Lei do Ventre Livre
Lei dos Sexagenários
Lei Áurea
startTime 19th century
supportedBy free black communities in Brazil
urban workers in Brazil
usedMethod boycotts of slave-produced goods
fundraising to purchase freedom of enslaved people
legal actions for manumission
petitions
press campaigns
public speeches
underground networks to free enslaved people

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Pedro II of Brazil associatedWith Brazilian abolitionist movement