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The Abolition of Slavery in the Americas; the U.S., the Caribbean, Brazil and Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Shearer Davis Bowman
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
Pieter Emmer
Affiliation:
Leiden University
Richard Graham
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
Alan Knight
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin

Extract

In 1888 Brazil abolished slavery as the last country in the Americas to do away with the ‘peculiar institution’. The following four essays study the widely varying impact of abolition on the economies and social structures of the ex-slave societies.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1988

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