Journey in Brazil (ePub)

A Journey in Brazil: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society is an investigative account of the vital career of Henry Washington Hilliard, who had a long and complicated relationship with slavery. A native Southerner, he was a former slave owner and Confederate soldier, but as a member of Congress Hilliard strongly opposed secession. Hilliard supported the constitutional legality of slavery; however, as a moderate he acknowledged the status quo and warned of the dangers of radical positions concerning the issue.Throughout a diverse career that spanned six decades, Hilliard's personal challenges, moderated by his faith in Divine Providence, eventually allowed him to return to his ideological roots and find a sense of redemption late in life by becoming an unlikely spokesman for the Brazilian emancipation movement through his association with Joaquim Nabuco. In A Journey in Brazil, authors David I. Durham and Paul M. Pruitt Jr. establish context for Hilliard's beliefs, document his journey in Brazil, and offer a variety of primary documents-selections from newspapers, transcripts of letters, translations of speeches, and other documents that have never before been published.AboutOccasional Publications of the Bounds Law LibraryThis collection offers a series of edited documents that contribute to an understanding of the development of legal history, culture, or doctrine. Series editors Paul M. Pruitt Jr. and David I. Durham have selected a variety of materials-a lecture, diaries, letters, speeches, a ledger, commonplace books, a code of ethics, court reports-to illustrate unique examples of legal life and thought.