Book contents
- The Last Abolition
- Afro-Latin America
- The Last Abolition
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Elite Abolitionism
- 2 Pro-Slavery Rhetoric
- 3 The Moral Repertoire of Abolitionism
- 4 The Theatricalization of Politics
- 5 Expansion
- 6 Results-Based Abolitionism
- 7 Votes: A Movement/Government Alliance
- 8 Bullets: Movement and Countermovement
- 9 The March to Victory
- 10 Future of the Preterite
- 11 Abolitionism as a Social Movement
- Annex
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Future of the Preterite
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2021
Book contents
- The Last Abolition
- Afro-Latin America
- The Last Abolition
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Elite Abolitionism
- 2 Pro-Slavery Rhetoric
- 3 The Moral Repertoire of Abolitionism
- 4 The Theatricalization of Politics
- 5 Expansion
- 6 Results-Based Abolitionism
- 7 Votes: A Movement/Government Alliance
- 8 Bullets: Movement and Countermovement
- 9 The March to Victory
- 10 Future of the Preterite
- 11 Abolitionism as a Social Movement
- Annex
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on the day after abolition. The Monarchy did not embrace the further reforms abolitionists demanded. Rather than rights for former slaves and land reform, political institutions worked for measures to calm down the pro-slavery reaction. The abolitionist movement then split into two factions. A small group insisted on demanding new reform of the monarchy, while the majority of skeptics did not believe the Empire was capable of doing it and engaged in the republican movement.
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- The Last AbolitionThe Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868–1888, pp. 344 - 351Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021