Industrial Age · South America · Politics

1888

Brazil Abolishes Slavery

May 13, 1888

Princess Isabel, regent while her father Dom Pedro II was in Europe, signed the Lei Aurea - the Golden Law - abolishing slavery in Brazil without compensation to owners. It was the last country in the Americas to do so. The planters never forgave the monarchy. A year later a military coup ended the empire and proclaimed the republic.

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Before and after in South America

Before: 1879: Pacific War Begins
After: November 15, 1889: Brazilian Republic Proclaimed

Before and after in Politics

Before: June 21, 1887: Victoria's Golden Jubilee
After: January 30, 1889: Mayerling Tragedy

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Slavery in Brazil