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Castro Alves Antônio de
(1847—1871)

Brazilian poet. A disciple of Victor Hugo, he came to fame with Espumas flutuantes [tossing spume] (1871). He was intensely nationalist and socially conscious. His best-known work, O navio negreiro [the slave ship], was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in Brazil and earned him the reputation as the "poet of the slaves."

Brazil, 1947, Antônio de Castro Alves

Brazil, 1997, Antônio de Castro Alves