The day of happiness will be the memorable day of the emancipation of the people, and the day of emancipation will be the one when the great are put … - Luís Gama

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The day of happiness will be the memorable day of the emancipation of the people, and the day of emancipation will be the one when the great are put down and the small raised up; when there are neither masters nor slaves; bosses nor subordinates; powerful nor weak; oppressors nor oppressed; but when the vast Brazil is called the common homeland of Brazilian citizens or United States of Brazil.

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About Luís Gama

Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (Salvador, June 21, 1830 - São Paulo, August 24, 1882) was a Brazilian rábula (a self-taught lawyer), abolitionist, orator, journalist and writer, and the Patron of the Abolition of Slavery in Brazil.

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Alternative Names: Luiz Gonzaga Pinto da Gama Luis Gama Getulino Luiz Gama Da Gama, Luiz Gonzaga Pinto, 1830-1882 Gama, Luiz, 1830-1882 Pinto da Gama, Luiz Gonzaga, 1830-1882 Gonzaga Pinto da Gama, Luiz, 1830-1882 Getulino, 1830-1882 Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama
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I am not a legal scholar, I am not a doctor, I am not a law graduate, I have no pretensions to celebrity, nor am I in the position to occupy a position in the judiciary; I am, however, disgusted by the notorious incongruity of which, with undauntled arrogance, eminent magistrates who have as their office the study of laws, and as their obligation the just application of them.

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