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  1. Joaquim Nambuco Writes to Henry W. Hillard About Abolition in Brazil

    Date(s): October 19, 1880 Location:  Tag(s): Emancipation, Abolition, Brazil 

                After the Civil War, the United States’ relationship with Brazil became an important one because of the thousands of Confederates who had relocated to South America.    Henry W. Hillard served as the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil from 1877 to 1881 and became a vocal member of the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society.  Joaquim Nabuco, a Brazilian abolitionist, served as the legal attaché...