A Brazilian anti-slavery society is founded in Rio de Janeiro

Decree no. 4,835 of 1 December 1871 regulated a special register of enslaved people and children legally classified as freeborn under the September law. Registration could help administer a gradual...

The first national census used 1 August 1872 as its reference date and classified residents by categories including enslaved or free status, sex, marital condition, and occupation. Census figures...

São Paulo Resolution no. 93 prohibited municipal licenses for enslaved people to work as coachmen for hire, cart conductors, or water sellers, while allowing a limited exception for private carriage...

On 5 March 1879, Bahian deputy Jerônimo Sodré Pereira spoke in the Chamber of Deputies against the continuation of slavery and placed abolition back on the national parliamentary agenda after years of...

Ferreira de Meneses launched Gazeta da Tarde in Rio de Janeiro. The newspaper became a major forum against slavery and racial hierarchy; José do Patrocínio later directed it and used its pages to...

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...

On 8 December 1880, the Sociedade Cearense Libertadora was inaugurated in Fortaleza. Emerging from the earlier association Perseverança e Porvir, it helped organize campaigns across Ceará, including...

The first issue of O Libertador appeared in Fortaleza as the organ of the Sociedade Cearense Libertadora. It carried abolitionist arguments into public circulation and linked provincial organizing...

Provincial Law no. 1 required registration of enslaved people entering São Paulo and set a two-contos fee, with exceptions including some agricultural owners and up to three domestic servants. The law...

On 30 January 1881, jangadeiros in Fortaleza, including Francisco José do Nascimento (Chico da Matilde, later known as Dragão do Mar) and Antônio Napoleão, refused to carry enslaved people from...