ON

BRAZILIAN QUESTIONS.

BY

W. D. CHRISTIE,

LATE HER MAJESTY'S ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND

MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY IN BRAZIL.

Longa est injuria, longæ

Ambages, sed summa sequar fastigia rerum."

London and Cambridge:
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1865.

PUBLIC LIBRARY 290767A

ASTOR, LENOX AND

TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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1927

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LONDON:

R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,

BREAD STREET HILL.

ORIGIN OF THE WORK-THE BRAZILIAN AGENT-MISREPRESENTATIONS IN

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DAILY NEWS ABOUT REPRISALS-THE RIO CORRESPONDENT OF THE

"DAILY NEWS "-HONOURABLE CONDUCT OF THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY

NEWS EMANCIPADOS-RECENT PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRAZILIAN

GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR BENEFIT-GOOD EFFECT OF REPRISALS AND

LORD PALMERSTON'S SPEECH OF JULY 12-FORMER INATTENTION TO SIR

JAMES HUDSON'S AND MY REPRESENTATIONS-LORD PALMERSTON'S AND

SIR JAMES HUDSON'S FORMER ADVICE TO BRAZIL ON NATIONAL DIGNITY

-SIR JAMES HUDSON'S LANGUAGE TO AND OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT

-SLAVERY IN BRAZIL AND ITS INEVITABLE EFFECTS-SIR WILLIAM

OUSELEY AND MR. CONSUL VREDENBURG-SALE OF INFANTS BY NURSES

OF RIO FOUNDLING-HOSPITAL FOR SLAVERY-MR. COBDEN AND MR.

BRIGHT ON BRAZIL-MR. MILNER GIBSON AND MR. HUTT FORMERLY

MISINFORMED ABOUT THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT AND SLAVE-TRADE

—MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION OF MAY, 1857-ARTS OF BRAZILIAN AGENTS

-MISREPRESENTATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, AND CALUMNIES-DELUSIONS

ABOUT BRAZIL IN ENGLAND FROM SYSTEMATIC MISREPRESENTATION--

INFLUENCE OF GREAT CAPITALISTS-"EDINBURGH REVIEW -LORD

RUSSELL AND LORD PALMERSTON ON REPEAL OF THE ABERDEEN

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FOR RELEASED AFRICANS-LORD PALMERSTON'S STATEMENT OF JULY 12,

1864-THE
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CHAPTER II.

THE STORY OF THE FREE AFRICANS.

REPLY TO CRITICISM ON LORD PALMERSTON'S STATEMENT SIR JAMES HUD-

SON'S REPRESENTATIONS, 1846-1850-LORD RUSSELL'S INSTRUCTIONS

AND MY REPRESENTATIONS, 1861.

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CHAPTER III.

THE STORY OF THE FREE AFRICANS.

RECENT EMANCIPATIONS OF FREE AFRICANS-INATTENTION OF BRAZILIAN

GOVERNMENT TO BRITISH REPRESENTATIONS-EFFECT OF THE REPRISALS

-BRAZILIAN DECREES-COMPLAINTS BY BRAZILIAN SENATORS AND DEPU-

TIES-MR. SEYMOUR FITZGERALD- REVUE DES DEUX MONDES

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CHAPTER IV.

THE STORY OF THE FREE AFRICANS.

HISTORICAL SKETCH-LORD ABERDEEN'S INQUIRIES, 1846-LORD HOWDEN

-SIR JAMES HUDSON-MR. CONSUL HESKETH'S LIST OF 857 FREE

AFRICANS, 1851-MR. SOUTHERN-SIR HENRY HOWARD-MYSELF-LIST

OF 1,301 FREE AFRICANS, 1860--FREE AFRICANS OF ITAPURA-WAGES

DUE TO THE FREE AFRICANS NOT PAID .

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