TY - BOOK AU - Needell,Jeffrey D. TI - The sacred cause: the abolitionist movement, Afro-Brazilian mobilization, and imperial politics in Rio de Janeiro SN - 9781503609020 AV - HT1128 .N44 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Antislavery movements KW - Brazil KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Blacks KW - Politics and government KW - Slavery KW - 1822-1889 KW - Empire, 1822-1889 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [273] - 343) and index; Introduction : another political world -- The land of the dead : the imperial capital, 1822-1871 -- The alliance with the future : the movement emerges, 1871-1881 -- Retreat, renewal, and the "new phase" 1882-1883 -- The field of Agramante : the liberals attempt reform, 1884-1885 -- The fate of the black race : radicalization and its failed containment, 1885-1888 -- Sacred abolition : the triumph, 1888 -- Legacies and oblivion ER -