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Informationen zum Autor Leslie Bethell is emeritus professor of Latin American history at the University of London and emeritus fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. José Murilo de Carvalho is professor of history at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Klappentext A little-studied aspect of the struggle to abolish slavery in Brazil in the 1880s is the relationship between Joaquim Nabuco, the leading Brazilian abolitionist, and the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in London.The correspondence between Nabuco and Charles Harris Allen, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, and other British abolitionists throughout the decade and beyond reveals a partnership consciously sought by Nabuco in order to internationalize the struggle. These letters provide a unique insight into the evolution of Nabuco's thinking on both slavery and abolition. At the same time, they offer a running commentary on the slow and (at least until 1887-88) uncertain progress of the abolitionist cause in Brazil. Zusammenfassung The correspondence between Joaquim Nabuco! the leading Brazilian abolitionist! and Charles Harris Allen! secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society! and other British abolitionists reveals a partnership to internationalize the struggle to abolish slavery. This collection of letters provides an insight into the evolution of Nabuco's thinking on slavery.
