Netto Question
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The Netto Question was the largest collective action for the liberation of slaves in the Americas. The lawsuit is related to the liberation of 217 slaves in Brazilian lands in the 1870s.
Image of the process where you can read Luís Gama's name in the lower left corner.
Manoel Joaquim Ferreira Netto
Luís Gama, the free black abolitionist lawyer who worked in this case
José Bonifácio the Younger
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José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a French-born Brazilian poet, teacher and politician. He is known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his grand-uncle, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, "th
Netto Question
…fully enforced, and conducted a background survey on each of the 217 slaves. In defense, Ferreira Netto's heirs hired the jurist, abolitionist and poet José Bonifácio the Younger, to represent their rights in the lawsuit filed by Luís Gama. In the middle of the lawsuit, Gama was appointed, by the judge, as curator of the…
A statue of José Bonifácio the Younger at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo