Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first appearance in translation of this passionate denunciation of slavery and the evils it spawned, written by Nabuco in 1883 and sent to his countrymen from exile. This work triggered a renewal of interest in abolition, and just a few years later, in 1888, slavery was ended. Introduction and extensive footnotes by Robert Conrad, the translator and editor. Map. Illustrated with photographs. Annotated suggestions for further reading. A title in the Blacks in the New World Series, edited by August Meier. xxv, 186 pp. ISBN: 0-252006011.