Lei Áurea

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

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

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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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