📅 7 September 1880
On 7 September 1880, abolitionists including Joaquim Nabuco, André Rebouças, and José do Patrocínio established the Sociedade Brasileira contra a Escravidão. The society connected parliamentary...
📅 1 November 1880
The first issue of O Abolicionista appeared in Rio de Janeiro on 1 November 1880 as a newspaper of the Sociedade Brasileira contra a Escravidão. Print helped circulate abolitionist arguments beyond...
📅 9 Mei 1883
On 9 May 1883, the Confederação Abolicionista was organized in Rio de Janeiro to coordinate antislavery societies from multiple provinces. The network advocated immediate abolition without...
📅 20 Juni 1885
The Jornal do Recife reported a visit by Joaquim Nabuco to the Ave Libertas board. He brought two letters of manumission, for enslaved women named Isabel and Maria. The episode shows a relationship...
