Slave emancipation and transformations in Brazilian political citizenship / Celso Thomas Castilho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castilho, Celso Thomas, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Brazil.

Slavery.

Political participation.

History.

Black people--Political activity.

Black people.

Social movements.

Brazil.

Antislavery movements--Brazil.

Antislavery movements.

Social movements--Brazil--History.

Black people--Political activity--Brazil--History.

Political participation--Brazil--History.

Brazil--Race relations.

Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 264 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Celso Thomas Castilho offers original perspectives on the political upheaval surrounding the process of slave emancipation in postcolonial Brazil. He shows how the abolition debates in Pernambuco transformed the practices of political citizenship and marked the first instance of a mass national political mobilization. In addition, he presents new findings on the scope and scale of the opposing abolitionist and sugar planters' mobilizations in the Brazilian northeast. The book highlights the extensive interactions between enslaved and free people in the construction of abolitionism, and reveals how Brazil's first social movement reinvented discourses about race and nation, leading to the passage of the abolition law in 1888. It also documents the previously ignored counter-mobilizations led by the landed elite, who saw the rise of abolitionism as a political contestation and threat to their livelihood. Overall, this study illuminates how disputes over control of emancipation also entailed disputes over the boundaries of the political arena and connects the history of abolition to the history of Brazilian democracy. It offers fresh perspectives on Brazilian political history and on Brazil's place within comparative discussions on slavery and emancipation"-- Provided by publisher.

"Castilho offers original perspectives on the political upheaval surrounding the process of slave emancipation in postcolonial Brazil. He shows how the abolition debates in Pernambuco transformed the practices of political citizenship and marked the first instance of a mass national political mobilization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 "Death to Slavery": Sparking the Abolition Debate 22

Chapter 2 "While the Cry for Emancipation Still Echoes": The Political Effects of the 1871 Law 53

Chapter 3 "We Need to Put into Action the Liberal Ideas We Speak Of": A Thwarted Attempt to Free Recife 75

Chapter 4 The "Disorderliness of the Intransigent Abolitionists": An Abolitionist Parade, New Associativism, and Elections 105

Chapter 5 "March on over the Thorns That Lie in Your Path": Reaction and Counterreaction in the Cotegipe Era 137

Chapter 6 "Celebrations of Freedom": Abolition and the Changing Debates over Citizenship 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822964124

0822964120

OCLC:

949912123