A Journey in Brazil Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society |
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| Author:
| Durham, David I.
Pruitt, Paul M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-941921-00-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Bounds Law Library, University of Alabama
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More Description 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 Library
This 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.