Brazil’s Golden Law abolished slavery after sustained abolitionist action and enslaved people’s resistance. It offered no comprehensive redistribution of land or compensation to formerly enslaved people. The end of legal ownership was a major victory, but the racial distribution of resources remained unequal.
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Why is legal abolition not the same as the end of racism?
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Brazil’s abolition ended legal slavery, but freedom also involved material resources and rights. Racism can persist through institutions after formal emancipation.
The Golden Law immediately provided land and economic security to every formerly enslaved person.
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Legal abolition ended slavery but did not itself guarantee those resources. Material inequality required further struggle.