[doliveira]

Words are cheap, aren't they, and even then there weren't that many words. In practical terms, what remains is basically no action against slavery, apart from some externally-pressured laws just to keep up appearances. It literally is the origin of the expression "pra inglês ver" (for the English to see)

[diegoholiveira]

It was a different time. It’s easy to misjudge the past without fully understanding the context of that time.