The last abolition: the Brazilian antislavery movement, 1868-1888

Seamlessly entwining archival research and sociological debates, The Last Abolition is a lively and engaging historical narrative that uncovers the broad history of Brazilian anti-slavery activists and the trajectory of their work, from earnest beginnings to eventual abolition. In detailing their pr...

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Main Author: Alonso, Angela 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022
Series:Afro-Latin America
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Summary:Seamlessly entwining archival research and sociological debates, The Last Abolition is a lively and engaging historical narrative that uncovers the broad history of Brazilian anti-slavery activists and the trajectory of their work, from earnest beginnings to eventual abolition. In detailing their principles, alliances and conflicts, Angela Alonso offers a new interpretation of the Brazilian anti-slavery network which, combined, forged a national movement to challenge the entrenched pro-slavery status quo. While placing Brazil within the abolitionist political mobilization of the nineteenth century, the book explores the relationships between Brazilian and foreign abolitionists, demonstrating how ideas and strategies transcended borders. Available for the first time in an English language edition, with a new introduction, this award-winning volume is a major contribution to the scholarship on abolition and abolitionists
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Sep 2021). - Originally published in Portuguese as Flores, votos e balas: o movimento abolicionista brasileiro, 1868- 1888 by Companhia das Letras and Angela Alonso 2015
Introduction -- Elite Abolitionism -- Pro-Slavery Rhetoric -- The Moral Repertoire of Abolitionism -- The Theatricalization of Politics -- Expansion -- Results-Based Abolitionism -- Votes: A Movement/Government Alliance -- Bullets: Movement and Countermovement -- The March to Victory -- Future of the Preterite -- Abolitionism as a Social Movement
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 447 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108367394
DOI:10.1017/9781108367394

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