Acarape’s remaining enslaved residents receive freedom documents

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...

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...

On 30 September 1883, Mossoró in Rio Grande do Norte proclaimed the end of slavery within the municipality, becoming an early local abolitionist center. The campaign involved the Loja Maçônica 24 de...

On 25 March 1884, Ceará became the first Brazilian province to abolish slavery throughout its territory. This provincial act followed years of municipal emancipation, the jangadeiros’ refusal to...

Women met at the Nova Emancipadora’s headquarters and founded Ave Libertas, a women-led society that sought freedom for enslaved people in Recife. They elected interim officers and a committee to...

The society’s first dramatic benefit at Recife’s Teatro Santo Antônio used music, theater, poetry, and public sociability to raise support for emancipation. During the interval, Epiphania and Joaquina...