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 the legislative chamber and connect local campaigns with a national public. The paper’s institutional voice is one important source, but its agenda should be read alongside Black-led action and accounts produced by enslaved people themselves, who were often excluded from print and formal political membership.
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The paper circulated abolitionist arguments beginning in November 1880.