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Franklin Gomes Souto (March 31, 1844 - September 26, 1917) was a Brazilian
Franklin Gomes Souto (March 31, 1844 - September 26, 1917) was a Brazilian lawyer
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, politician
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and abolitionist
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from Alegrete
Alegrete is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is (the largest municipality of the State and of Southern Brazil). It ...
, State of Rio Grande do Sul
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Souto earned a degree from the Law School of São Paulo in 1865. Back to his hometown of Alegrete
Alegrete is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is (the largest municipality of the State and of Southern Brazil). It ...
, he represented, ''pro bono
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'', dozens of slaves pleading for freedom in Brazilian courts. He was one of the first abolitionists to successfully claim that, under the Brazilian Slave Traffic Prohibition Law of 1831, all slaves travelling to Uruguay
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were immediately free upon their return to Brazil.MATHEUS, Marcelo Santos. " Por ter ido ao Estado Oriental: guerra e fronteira nas Cartas de Alforria de Alegrete" (in ''Produzindo História a partir de fontes primárias''). Porto Alegre, CORAG, 2010. After the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic in 1889, Souto was elected City Councillor of Alegrete
Alegrete is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is (the largest municipality of the State and of Southern Brazil). It ...
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