Repercussions of the American Civil War in the destiny of Slavery in Brazil, 1861-1888

Author(s)

Clicea Maria Augusto de Miranda

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2017-06-29

Examining board members

Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado; Ligia Fonseca Ferreira; Flavio dos Santos Gomes; Keila Grinberg; Lucilene Reginaldo

• Advisor: Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado

Abstract

Considered one of the biggest moments in the history of North America, the Civil War (1861- 1865) marked transformations in social, worker and race relations in the United States given the broader changes in the nineteenth century, especially related to the end of the African slave trade and the abolition of captives in the Americas. The war passed North-American boundaries and influenced changes in the forms of laborin the Brazilian economy. Through parliamentary, diplomatic and journalistic sources, among others, this thesis investigates how the information about the Civil War and its repercussions influenced political debates on the destiny of slavery between 1861, the year that the American conflict began, and 1888, the date that marks the official end of slavery in Brazil. Through a transnational perspective and articulating with the debates on the emancipation process in the Americas, this work aims to emphasis the ideas of abolitionists and politicians, their thoughts on the changes from servile to free labor, the destiny of the enslaved population, racial questions and economic production in Brazil. Consequently, this study has the objective of understanding how the American Civil War was interpreted in Brazil and how it influenced political discourses, emancipatory projects, as well as the writings of abolitionists between 1860 and 1880. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/08792-3 - Impacts of American Civil War on slavery destination in Brazil and Cuba, 1861-1888
• Grantee: Clicea Maria Augusto de Miranda
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate