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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION--BRAZIL.) A festa das creanças: Commemoração da lei de 13 de Maio que aboliu a escravidão no Brazil. Chromolithograph frontispiece plate. [2], 200 pages. 8vo, original color-printed wrappers, worn and foxed, coming disbound, bit of cello tape on rear wrapper; moderate wear and foxing to contents; page borders and text illustrations printed in various colors. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1888
On 13 May 1888, Brazil finally and irrevocably ended slavery with the passage of the Lei Áurea (Golden Law):
Article 1: From the date of this law, slavery is declared extinct in Brazil. Article 2: All dispositions to the contrary are revoked.
As Brazil was the last slave-holding nation, this law ended legal institutionalized slavery not only in Brazil but throughout the world. This volume contains essays and poems in honor of the momentous day. 2 in OCLC; none traced at auction since 1984.
