Emancipation Day: The Lei Aúrea of May 13, 1888
|On May 13, 1888, 138 years ago, slavery was peacefully abolished in Brazil when the Lei Aúrea, the Golden Law, was signed by the Princess Regent Isabel, acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II, who was in Europe for medical treatment. The Baron of Cotegipe, whom the Princess Regent had dismissed as Prime Minister because he had refused to bring the abolition bill to a vote in the General Assembly, said to her after its passage, "Your Highness has redeemed a People, but lost a Throne." She replied, "To redeem this People, I would lose a thousand Thrones."
Eighteen months later, the Brazilian Monarchy was overthrown by Brazil's first military coup. The Princess and her father never expressed any regret for her decision, and are still regarded as national heroes. They died in exile, but their bodies were returned to Brazil in 1922 and buried with state honors.
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