Princess Elizabeth signed the law that freed thousands of blacks on May 13, 1888, 135 years ago this Saturday. A new generation of historians is revising her figure in official history.
The Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva renamed an award created in the last days of the Bolsonaro administration as Luiz Gama, in homage to a self-taught lawyer who achieved the freedom of more than 500 people. Today, November 20 is Black Awareness Day, a holiday in several states, and May 13 passes without pain or glory.