The Ipiranga Society of Rio de Janeiro: tensions and limits of the emergence of gradual abolitionist associativism in Imperial Brazil (1855-1863)
Danilo José Zioni Ferretti
Abstract:The article deals with the Ipiranga Society (SI) of Rio de Janeiro, dedicated to the celebration of national independence through the granting of manumissions and its relationship with slavery. It seeks to understand whether there was abolitionism in the practices of the IS and how to characterize it. In broader terms, the relationship between slavery and the constitution of modern public space in mid-nineteenth-century Brazil is discussed, assessing its potentialities and limitations. The ambiguities of the I… Show more
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