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    José Martiniano de Alencar

    Birth: 5-1-1829

    Death: 12-12-1877

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José de Alencar was noted as part of the Brazilian Legation in Fanny Adeline Seward's 1862-1863 diary. He is more notable, however, in his capacity as a writer: dramatist, novelist, and journalist. He did not support abolition of slavery in Brazil or the United States. 

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