A journey in Brazil
Subtitle: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian anti-slavery society
By: David I. Durham and Paul M. Pruitt, Jr.
Contributors: Pruitt, Paul M.; Bounds Law Library.
Series: Occasional publications of the Bounds Law Library -- no. 6
Publisher: Bounds Law Library, University of Alabama School of Law
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, AL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Hilliard, Henry W. -- 1808-1892; Sociedade Brasileira contra a Escravidão; Diplomats -- United States -- Biography; Slavery -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- Brazil
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian anti-slavery society; Manifesto of the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society.
Description: Durham, Hilliard's biographer, provides background and context to the remarkable anti-slavery speech that Hilliard, a former slave owner and Confederate soldier, delivered at a banquet in Rio de Janerio in the fall of 1880.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Amicus Curiae: Henry W. Hilliard's view of slavery; title: An improbable journey; title: Exchange of letters; title: Banquet in honor of Henry W. Hilliard; title: Manifesto of the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society.