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Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Six contains essays from the editors and a collection of edited and introduced documents relating to Henry Washington Hilliard’s experience in Brazil. Hilliard was a former United States congressman from Alabama, as well as a diplomat, lawyer, professor, and author. He traveled to Brazil as an appointee of Rutherford Hayes’ administration to facilitate trade between the United States and Brazil. A Journey in Brazil: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society explores the nature of one American’s experience in the late-nineteenth century as it relates to Brazilians’ attempt to eliminate the institution of slavery from their country.
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
University of Alabama School of Law
City
Tuscaloosa
Keywords
John C. Payne Special Collections, Henry Washington Hilliard, United States congressmen, Alabama lawyers, Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society
Disciplines
Law | Legal History
Recommended Citation
Durham, David I. and Pruitt, Paul M. Jr., "Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Six: A Journey in Brazil: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society" (2008). Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library. 6.
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/occasional_publications/6