O Libertador gives Ceará’s antislavery movement a newspaper

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...

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...

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...

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 1 January 1883, the village of Acarape in Ceará publicly marked the freeing of its remaining enslaved residents; it later became Redenção. The local campaign involved abolitionist organizers and...

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...