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13 May 1888
Brazilâs Lei Ăurea formally abolished slavery, making it the last country in the Americas to do so. The law followed sustained resistance by enslaved people, mass escapes, abolitionist mobilization,...
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12 May 1871
On 12 May 1871, the governmentâs proposal on the âservile elementâ entered the Senateâs legislative process. The bill proposed that children born to enslaved women after enactment be declared free,...
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28 September 1871
Law no. 2,040, enacted on 28 September 1871, declared children born to enslaved women after that date legally free. Yet the law left children under the authority of their motherâs enslaver, who...
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7 September 1880
On 7 September 1880, abolitionists including Joaquim Nabuco, AndrĂ© Rebouças, and JosĂ© do PatrocĂnio established the Sociedade Brasileira contra a EscravidĂŁo. The society connected parliamentary...
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10 March 1888
On 10 March 1888, JoĂŁo Alfredo Correia de Oliveira formed a new imperial cabinet more willing to pursue the end of slavery. The cabinet change followed years of mass abolitionist mobilization,...
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8 May 1888
On 8 May 1888, Minister of Agriculture Rodrigo Augusto da Silva presented the governmentâs proposal for the complete abolition of slavery to the Chamber of Deputies. The bill moved rapidly in response...
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10 May 1888
On 10 May 1888, the Chamber of Deputies approved the proposal to abolish slavery. The rapid vote followed decades of Black resistance and a late-1880s surge in abolitionist mobilization. Parliamentary...
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13 May 1888
On 13 May 1888, the Senate approved the abolition bill and Princess Regent Isabel sanctioned Law no. 3,353, the Lei Ăurea. Its two brief articles ended slavery in law across Brazil. The law did not...
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27 April 1848
The decree abolished slavery in French colonies and possessions and declared that French citizens could not own or traffic enslaved people. Abolition was a victory shaped by enslaved peopleâs...
