The sacred cause : the abolitionist movement, Afro-Brazilian mobilization, and imperial politics in Rio de Janeiro

The sacred cause : the abolitionist movement, Afro-Brazilian mobilization, and imperial politics in Rio de Janeiro /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Needell, Jeffrey D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	1800-1899 Antislavery movements > Brazil > History > 19th century. Black people > Brazil > Politics and government > 19th century. Slavery > Brazil > History > 19th century. Antislavery movements. Black people > Politics and government. Politics and government. Slavery. Anti-enslavement movements > Brazil > History > 19th century. Enslavement > Brazil > History > 19th century. Black people. Brazil > Politics and government > 1822-1889. Brazil > History > Empire, 1822-1889. Brazil. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : another political world
The land of the dead : the imperial capital, 1822-1871
The alliance with the future : the movement emerges, 1871-1881
Retreat, renewal, and the "new phase" 1882-1883
The field of Agramante : the liberals attempt reform, 1884-1885
The fate of the black race : radicalization and its failed containment, 1885-1888
Sacred abolition : the triumph, 1888
Legacies and oblivion.