Vol. 1 No. 1 (1995): Locus - Revista de História
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Freemasons and the Republican Movement (1870-1910)

Published — Updated on 2021-04-28

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Keywords

  • Free-Masonry,
  • Republic,
  • Liberalism

How to Cite

Barata, Alexandre Mansur. 2021. “Freemasons and the Republican Movement (1870-1910)”. Locus: History Journal 1 (1). https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/locus/article/view/20406.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to apprehend and to rescue the activity of Brazilian Free-Masonry between 1870 and 1970, when happened intense debates searching to build a new national identity. It was looking for civilization and progress, expressed in defense of conscience freedom, abolition of slave work and the republic. The Brazilian Free-Masonry, with its peculiar organization, knew, at that time, an important growing of its activities around all the country. The sociability proporcionated by Free-Masonry lodges, purring together expressive sectors of the society, ended up to transform them in important spread centers discussing on the republican project.

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