Meridiano 47 (Oct 2017)

O Moralismo Whig, o Poder Negro e o Exército Brasileiro

  • Mariana Alves da Cunha Kalil

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 142
pp. 3 – 9

Abstract

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This article discusses the foreign pressure to end Brazilian Slavery, approaching the partisan role of the Whigs’ quakers and their humanitarianism that allegedly supersedes military or commercial interests, underscoring the importance of power to the enforcement of values and interests that shape an international regime.

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