Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SLAVERY & ABOLITION--BRAZIL.) Discussão da Reforma do Estado Servil na Camara dos Deputados e no Senado, 1871. [2], 345; 586, 158, 8 pages. 8vo, uniform 1/4 sheep, backstrips worn and chipped; front hinge split, one leaf coming detached, moderate foxing and toning, minor wear; bookseller's inked stamps on front free endpapers. Rio de Janeiro, 1871

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Transcript of the discussion of slavery reform in the Brazilian legislature from May through 27 September 1871. It resulted in gradual emancipation legislation known as the Rio Branco Law, by which all future children of slaves were declared to be born free. It was also known as the Law of the Free Womb.