Today we honor Luiz Gama who was born on June 21, 1830. He w... — Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD (@araujohistorian)

Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD@araujohistorian·21 de jun.

Today we honor Luiz Gama who was born on June 21, 1830. He was the son of an African freedwoman and a Portuguese man, who illegally sold him into slavery when he was 10 years old. Journalist, lawyer and poet, he became one of Brazil's greatest abolitionists #slaveryarchive #OTD