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Luís Gama

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Gender Male
Death141 years ago
Date of birth June 21,1830
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Salvador
State Of Bahia
Brazil
Date of died August 24,1882
DiedSao Paulo
State Of Sao Paulo
Brazil
Parents Luísa Mahin
Notable worksPrimeiras Trovas Burlescas de Getulino
ChildrenBenedito Graco Pinto de Gama
Job Lawyer
Poet
Journalist
Education University of São Paulo
Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de São Paulo
Other name Afro, Getúlio, Barrabaz, Spartacus and John Brown
Awards Vladimir Herzog Special Award
BooksCrime: 1877–1879
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Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama was a Brazilian rábula, abolitionist, orator, journalist and writer, and the Patron of the abolition of slavery in Brazil. Born to a free black mother and a white father, he was nevertheless made a slave at the age of 10, and remained illiterate until the age of 17.

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