LIBERTÁ CONCESSA?

LA PRINCIPESSA ISABELLA, figlia dell'imperatore brasiliano Pietro II, fu celebrata come «la redentrice dei neri», quasi che l'emancipazione fosse una grazia da lei personalmente concessa. In realtà, l'abolizione della schiavitù in Brasile fu un effetto inevitabile dei disordini che attraversarono le piantagioni, dove i lavoratori schiavizzati attaccavano i proprietari terrieri e i giudici per poi scappare e rifugiarsi nelle città in bande armate. Molti padroni reagirono brutalmente, catturando e punendo i fuggitivi, ma il diffondersi del caos fece capire alle élite che il tempo della schiavitù era giunto al termine.…

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