%0 Journal Article %T "A redemp£¿£¿o de nossa ra£¿a": as comemora£¿£¿es da aboli£¿£¿o da escravatura no Brasil %A Domingues %A Petr£¿nio Jos¨¦ %J Revista Brasileira de Hist¨®ria %D 2011 %I Associa??o Nacional de Hist¨®ria - ANPUH %R 10.1590/S0102-01882011000200004 %X s£¿o paulo, the first decades of the twentieth century. it was common in this period for part of the black population to take to the streets every year to celebrate 13 may - date of the abolition of slavery in brazil -, involving pilgrimages, masses, civic conferences, solemn discourses, artistic and cultural festivals, dances, music, dance, theater and partying, most often in a climate of emotion and joy. drawing on various registers, especially journalistic, the article aims to describe and examine these commemorations, seeking to demonstrate their multiple meanings and different significances. %K blacks %K african diaspora %K abolition %K slavery and liberty %K commemorations. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-01882011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en