The Whigs' puritanism, the Black Power and the Brazilian army: revisiting the foreign pressure to end African slavery in Brazil between 1850 and 1888/O moralismo Whig, o poder negro e o Exercito Brasileiro: Uma releitura da Pressao externa para o fim da escravidao no Brasil entre 1850 e 1888

This article discusses the foreign pressure to end Brazilian Slavery, approaching the partisan role of the Whigs' quakers and their humanitarianism that allegedly supersedes military or commercial interests, underscoring the importance of power to the enforcement of values and interests that shape an international regime.