In “O Africano é livre,” A Redempção advanced a legal argument based on the 1831 prohibition of the transatlantic slave trade to challenge the enslavement of Africans. Abolitionists used the law’s breach to contest claims of lawful ownership. The argument belongs to a longer history of enslaved people and allies using legal contradictions against slavery; it did not itself ensure that courts or authorities would honor freedom claims.
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What law did “O Africano é livre” invoke against enslavement?
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The article used the 1831 prohibition to contest illegal enslavement.
The article “O Africano é livre” used the 1831 law to contest the enslavement of Africans.
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Abolitionists invoked the prohibition of the slave trade as a legal challenge.