The Abolition Process And Its Consequences Of The Abolition Process

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What were the impacts of their laws and principally the “Áurea” law on freed slaves? How reacting the social classes and their order after the abolition process? How the society accept the freed slaves? How the “racial democracy” and whiteness thesis contribute to create a hidden racism? Substantially, what were the expectation about freedom the freed slave had, in his own understanding? In this article try to explore some questions about the abolition process and its consequences, and to finish, the remain memories of slave’s

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