Slavery and Its Legacies – Angela Alonso on the Brazilian Abolitionist Movement

In this episode Angela Alonso, from the Department of Sociology at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, argues that the campaign for the abolition of slavery was the first national social movement and that its success relied on the building of national networks and contacts with the international abolitionist movement.

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The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition is pleased to present “Slavery and Its Legacies,” a podcast series featuring visiting scholars, activists and others about their contributions to the understanding of slavery past and present and its ongoing role in the development of the modern world.