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(Joaquim Nabuco (1849 1910) was a Brazilian writer, diplo...)
Joaquim Nabuco (1849 1910) was a Brazilian writer, diplomat, and a major figure in the abolitionist movement in 19th century Brazil. The speeches given by Nabuco as the ambassador from Brazil to the United States express his views on the legacy of the emancipation alongside with the ideals of equality, freedom, democracy and the promise of general prosperity represented by Abraham Lincoln and the Reconstruction Era. Nabucos emphasis on the American legacy and ideals also reinforced his defense of the special role of both Americas in the development of institutions and rules to avoid war and the use of force in international relations. By then, the United States were in a perfect position to lead by example deferring to arbitration and the shared sense of justice instead of unilaterally enforcing its national interest on other nations.
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Joaquim Nabuco was born on August 19, 1849, into the plantation aristocracy of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Joaquim was the son of a major political figure in the Brazilian Empire, Jose Thomas Nabuco (1813–1878), a lifetime senator, counselor of state, and wealthy landowner.
During 1865-1870 he studied at the law academies of Sao Paulo and Recife. During his years in Sao Paulo (1865 - 1869) he was stirred by the currents of liberalism, romanticism, and humanitarianism which permeated the southern city, and he joined the abolitionist movement.
From 1870 to 1878 he merely served a period of apprenticeship. He casually engaged in his law practice and contributed to various literary journals. In 1872 he published his first book, a literary study entitled Camöens and the Lusiads. In 1876-1877 he served as legation attaché in Washington and London.
In 1878, following the death of his father, Nabuco returned to Recife to continue the family political tradition. He soon won a seat in the national Chamber of Deputies. In 1880 Nabuco promoted the foundation of the Brazilian Antislavery Society, which gave a loose organization to disparate abolitionist groups. A 2-year self-imposed exile in London, following an unsuccessful reelection campaign in 1881 because of his position on slavery, resulted in O Abolicionismo (Abolitionism), a polemical indictment of Brazilian slavery. Of transitory importance, as is most polemical literature, O Abolicionismo was the most learned and forceful study presented against slavery during the abolitionist campaign. In 1886, disheartened by reverses in the antislavery movement, Nabuco wrote O Eclypse do abolicionismo (The Eclipse of Abolitionism) but 2 years later exalted in the proclamation of total, uncompensated abolition.
When the monarchy fell and a republic was established in November 1889, Nabuco began a 10-year retirement from public life. During this respite, Nabuco produced his most important literary work. Um estadista do imperio (1889; A Statesman of the Empire), a study of the life and times of his father, Senator José Thomaz Nabuco, and his own episodic autobiography, Minha formacao (1900; My Formation), were his best efforts.
Although not completely reconciled to the new regime, in 1898 Nabuco agreed to present Brazil's case in the boundary dispute with British Guiana. Soon after Nabuco arrived in London, the Brazilian minister died, and Nabuco reluctantly agreed to fill the vacancy. He served in that capacity until 1905, when he became Brazil's first ambassador, the Washington legation having been elevated to the rank of an embassy. At a time when United States-Latin American relations were at an all-time low, Nabuco remained a staunch supporter of hemispheric unity. In 1906 he served as president of the Third Pan-American Conference in Rio.
In the United States Nabuco was a popular ambassador and able representative of his country. But his health, racked by a combination of heart difficulties and migraine headaches, deteriorated in mid-1909. He died in Washington, D. C. , on Jan. 17, 1910.
He was best remembered as the outstanding leader of the Brazilian abolitionist movement, he was also an ardent supporter of Pan-Americanism, the founder of the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society, the first ambassador from Brazil to the United States. His best known work is his autobiography Minha formação (My education), published in 1900. It vividly portrays the slaveholding society in 19th century Brazil.
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Jose made his move from conservativism to liberalism in the 1860s, establishing the Liberal Party in 1868 and supporting the reforms that would lead to the abolition of slavery in 1888. Nabuco, a stout proponent of parliamentary monarchy, unsuccessfully led a campaign to federalize the empire - a longtime goal of the Liberal party.
With the philosophy of Walter Bagehot as his political guide, the English humanitarians his inspiration, and abolition his constant goal, Nabuco hoped to gain complete abolition by legal processes based on humanitarianism and social justice without resort to the terrible civil war experienced by the United States.
Nabuco realized the importance for Brazil, and other South American nations, to develop a united relationship with the North American stage. In Washington, he worked with Elihu Root who also supported this idea of Pan-Americanism.
Quotations: "Free labor and slave labor cannot coexist, and neither can slavery and immigration".
Quotes from others about the person
At the dedication ceremony the Secretary of State said the following words about him: “One voice that should have spoken here today is silent, but many of us cannot forget or cease to mourn and to honor our dear and noble friend, Joaquim Nabuco. Ambassador from Brazil, dean of the American diplomatic corps, respected, admired, trusted, loved and followed by all of us, he was a commanding figure in the international movement of which the creation of this building is part…”
At 38 years old, he got married to Evelina Torres Soares Ribeiro. They had 5 children.
