Isabel orleans-braganca: the brazilian princess who freed the slaves
Auteur :
Longo, James McMurtry
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786432011
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
404 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A biography of Isabel Orleans-Braganza, daughter of the last emperor of Brazil. It tells her story against the historic background of the role Isabel's own ancestors. Although hating politics, she became a skilled politician and determined abolitionist committed to peacefully ending slavery in the country that first introduced slavery to America.