Franklin Gomes Souto (March 31, 1844 - September 26, 1917)[1] was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and abolitionist from Alegrete, State of Rio Grande do Sul.
Souto earned a degree from the Law School of São Paulo in 1865.[2] Back to his hometown of Alegrete, he represented, pro bono, dozens of slaves pleading for freedom in Brazilian courts.[3] 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 were immediately free upon their return to Brazil.[4] After the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic in 1889, Souto was elected City Councillor of Alegrete.
References
edit- ^ "A Federação", 26 de setembro de 1917
- ^ NOGUEIRA, Almeida. "A academia de São Paulo: Tradições e reminiscências". São Paulo, Saraiva, 1956.
- ^ Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. "Documentos da escravidão: Catálogo seletivo de cartas de liberdade". Porto Alegre, 2006.
- ^ 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.
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