The Sacred Cause: The Abolitionist Movement, Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, and Imperial Politics in Rio de Janeiro Meditations ”—New York Times bestselling author

”—New York Times bestselling author and ABC News anchor Linsey Davis

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984993045

placing them all in context with the battles

Written specifically for a US and UK market

daring and ultimately tragic in its conclusions

The Sacred Cause: The Abolitionist Movement, Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, and Imperial Politics in Rio de Janeiro Meditations ”—New York Times bestselling authorFor centuries, slaveholding was a commonplace in Brazil among both whites and people of color. Abolition was only achieved in 1888, in an unprecedented, turbulent political process. How was the Abolitionist movement (1879 1888) able to bring an end to a form of labor that was traditionally perceived as both indispensable and entirely legitimate? How were the slaveholders who dominated Brazil's constitutional monarchy compelled to agree to it? To