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Lei Áurea

May 13, 1888 · Rio de Janeiro

Led to Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

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1889
 
Lei Áurea
 
Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

Law that abolished slavery in Brazil, the last country in the Americas to do so.

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Pedro II of Brazil Emperor of Brazil, Reigned; the law was signed by his daughter Princess Isabel as regent