The last steps
Author | : Edson Soares |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2019-03-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780359508846 |
ISBN-13 | : 0359508847 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Download or read book The last steps written by Edson Soares and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting history of SLAVERY AND FREEDOM at the Brazilian Second Empire (1840-1889).The author Edson Soares was based on real facts that occurred in Brazil at the time of the Second Empire, to report the physical and psychological tortures that the black slaves who were condemned to the gallows passed.The book makes a portrait of an aristocratic society, where servile work was its basis of support.SYNOPSIS - On a beautiful morning in May 1843, inside the public jail of a small, provincial Brazilian city of Imperial Brazil, a young black man prepares to die. The soldiers help him to stay clean, handsome, and well-behaved. The day of its execution would be full of surprises and official commitments. Meanwhile, the gallows is already mounted in the main square of the city, waiting for the damned.Maria Concepcion is a candy seller, a freelance slave, who decides to hire an inexperienced lawyer (Pedro Ibarras) to free Joseph Pity from the gallows.