Lei Áurea

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Lei Áurea was the 1888 Brazilian law that formally abolished slavery throughout Brazil.

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Label Occurrences
Lei Áurea canonical 6
Golden Law 1
Lei Áurea of 1888 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian law ⓘ
abolition law ⓘ
affectedPopulation enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lei Imperial n. 3.353, de 13 de Maio de 1888 ⓘ
articleCount 2 ⓘ
category 1888 in Brazil ⓘ
Abolition of slavery in Brazil ⓘ
commemorationDayInBrazil 13 de Maio ⓘ
compensationToFormerEnslaved none specified ⓘ
compensationToSlaveowners none specified ⓘ
constitutionalStatus ordinary law ⓘ
containsProvision Article 1 – declares slavery in Brazil extinguished ⓘ
Article 2 – revokes contrary provisions ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
dateEnacted 1888-05-13 ⓘ
effect formal abolition of slavery throughout Brazil ⓘ
enactedUnderMonarch Pedro II of Brazil ⓘ
EnglishName Golden Law ⓘ
formalName Lei Imperial n.º 3.353 ⓘ
governmentBodyInvolved Brazilian Imperial Parliament ⓘ
hasOriginalText Brazilian imperial legal gazette (Diário Oficial do Império) ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Brazilian Empire ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
jurisdiction Empire of Brazil ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
lawNumber 3353 ⓘ
legacy marked the end of legal slavery in the Americas ⓘ
legalStatusAfterEnactment slavery prohibited in Brazil ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
passedBy Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
Senate of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
placeSigned Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
precededBy Lei do Ventre Livre ⓘ
Lei dos Sexagenários ⓘ
purpose to abolish slavery in Brazil ⓘ
region South America ⓘ
relatedMovement Brazilian abolitionist movement ⓘ
repealedInstitution legal slavery in Brazil ⓘ
replacedLegalStatus enslaved persons in Brazil ⓘ
shortName Lei Áurea ⓘ
signatoryTitle Princess Imperial Regent ⓘ
signedBy Princess Isabel of Brazil ⓘ
subjectMatter civil status ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
typeOfAbolition immediate abolition without compensation to slaveowners ⓘ
yearEnacted 1888 ⓘ

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