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Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo nasceu no dia 19 de agosto de 1849, num velho sobrado da Rua do Aterro da Boa Vista (atual Rua da Imperatriz Tereza Cristina), no Recife, Pernambuco, filho do então futuro Senador José Tomás Nabuco de Araújo e de sua esposa, Ana Benigna de Sã Barreto.

Passou a infância, em função da viagem dos pais para a Corte, no Engenho Massangana, no Cabo de Santo Agostinho, com os padrinhos, os senhores de engenho Joaquim Aurélio Pereira de Carvalho e Ana Rosa Falcão de Carvalho. Ali, no contato direto com a vida do campo, pôde sentir o quanto a escravidão era injusta e iníqua e a necessidade de ser extirpada do País, do que nos dá conta no seu livro de memórias Minha Formaçao.

Foi eleito, em 1878, deputado geral pela província de Pernambuco. Ao lado de outros jpvens deputados, iniciou a campanha contra a escravidão, em favor da aboliçao da escravatura. Organizou e instalou em sua residência a Sociedade Brasileira contra a Escravidão, desafiando a elite conservadora da época. Defendendo a causa do abolicionismo, apoiou o projeto de libeitação dos sexagenários, e deu uma grande contribuição à aprovação da Lei Aurea, por intermédio de sua atuação parlamentar, dos seus livros, e da campanha abolicionista.

Na vida pública, intercalando períodos de intensa atividade intelectual com cargos e encargos públicos, Joaquim Nabuco participou, ainda, da funda-cão da Academia Brasileira de Letras, que teve Machado de Assis como seu primeiro presidente e Nabuco como secretário perpétuo.

Após a proclamação da República, dedicou-se às letras, ressaltando-se o livro Um Estadista do Império, e exerceu importantes missões diplomáticas a convite do Governo brasileiro, inclusive tendo sido nomeado Embaixador do Brasil em Washington, onde desenvolveu uma política pan-americana. Faleceu na capital americana, Washington, em 17 de janeiro de 1910, corno embaixador.

Joaquim Nabuco é, portanto, importante personalidade a ser destacada por ocasião de seu sesquicentenário de nascimento.

Fernando de Mello Freyre Presidente da Fundação Joaquim Nabuco

 

 JOAQUIM NABUCO

Joaquim Nabuco Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araujo was born on August 19h, 1849, in an old building of the Aterro da Boa Vista Street (presently the Empress Tereza Cristina Street) in Recife, state of Pernambuco, son of the then future Senator José Tomás Nabuco de Araujo and his wife Ana Benigna de Sá Barreto.

Due to his parents presence at Court, he spent his early years at the Massangana Sugar Mill, in the Cape of St. Augustin, with the owners of the sugar mill, his godfather Joaquim Aurélio Pereira de Carvalho and his godmother Ana Rosa Falcão de Carvalho. The direct contact with the country life style made him feel how much the slavery was unfair and iniquitous, and the necessity to eradicate it from the country, as he wrote in his memoirs "My Formation".

In 1878, Joaquim Nabuco was elected a congressman by the province of Pernambuco. Together with other young congressmen he initiated the campaign against slavery and in favor of its abolition. He organized and set up in his residence the Brazilian Society against Slavery, challenging the conservative elite of that time. While defending the cause of abolitionism, he supported the freedom for the sexagenarians and greatly contributed to the approval of the Law "Aurea" through his parliamentary performance, his books and the abolitionist campaign.

In the public life, between periods of intense intellectual activity and public positions and missions. Joaquim Nabuco has also participated in the creation of the Brazilian Academy of Letters which had Machado de Assis as its first president and Nabuco as perpetual secretary.

After the proclamation of the Republic, Nabuco dedicated his time to the letters - his remarkable book "A Statesman of the Empire"- and was in charge of important diplomatic missions, invited by the Government. He was indicated Ambassador of Brazil in Washington where he developed a Pan-American policy. He died in the American capital, Washington, on January 17th, 1910, as ambassador.

Joaquim Nabuco is therefore an important personality to be remembered when we commemorate his 150 years of birth. 

Fernando de MeIlo Freyre President of the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation

 


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