In support of this cause, a fisherman known as “Sea Dragon” led a strike of jangada (“jun-GAH-duh”) pilots. A lawyer who championed this cause mythologized his mother, Luisa Mahin (“mah-EEN”), as a leader of a movement whose white-robed participants wore leather amulets containing religious scrolls. Unenforced laws are still colloquially said to be “for the English to see” because a law enacted as part of this cause went unheeded until the passage of the Aberdeen Act. After this cause succeeded, many elites adopted the ideology of branqueamento (“brun-kee-ah-MEN-too”) and formed societies to promote German and Italian immigration. Luiz Gama and Joaquim Nabuco were leaders of this cause, which was officially accomplished with an 18-word act signed by Princess Isabel that built on earlier efforts like the Sexegarian Law and the Law of the Free Womb. For 10 points, name this cause that was achieved with the passage of the Golden Law. ■END■
ANSWER: abolition of slavery in Brazil [or Brazilian anti-slavery movement; or ending slavery in Brazil; or equivalent descriptions, such as emancipation of slaves in Brazil or manumission of Brazilian slaves; accept descriptions of ending the slave trade to Brazil; prompt on abolition of slavery, anti-slavery, manumission, emancipation, or equivalents by asking “in what country?”] (The first sentence refers to Francisco José do Nascimento, or “Dragão do Mar.” Luiz Gama wrote about Luisa Mahin’s participation in the Malê revolt.)
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