The last steps: a novel

by Edson Soares, Edson NASCIMENTO (Editor)

An exciting history of slavery and freedom at the Brazilian Second Empire (1840-1889).The author Edson Soares is based on real facts that occurred in Brazil at the time of the Second Empire, to report the physical and psychological tortures that the black slaves who were condemned to the gallows passed.The book makes a portrait of an aristocratic society, where servile work was its basis of support.SYNOPSIS - On a beautiful morning in May 1843, inside the public jail of a small, provincial Brazilian city of Imperial Brazil, a young black man prepares to die. The soldiers help him to stay clean, handsome, and well-behaved. The day of its execution would be full of surprises and official commitments. Meanwhile, the gallows is already mounted in the main square of the city, waiting for the damned.Maria Concepcion is a candy seller, a freelance slave, who decides to hire an inexperienced lawyer (Pedro Ibarras) to free Joseph Pity from the gallows. This is a novel over-full of passion, adventure, and denunciation about the condition of the afro-slavery in Brazil.

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 13, 2019