- President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865)
- Ardent proponent of slavery and state rights
- Fought on the side of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
- Considered a traitor to the United States by many
- President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865)
- Ardent proponent of slavery and state rights
- Fought on the side of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
- Considered a traitor to the United States by many
Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias , was born on August 25, 1803, in Porto Estrela, Rio de Janeiro and died on May 7, 1880, in Valença (RJ). Career military, he acted in practically all the conflicts that happened in Brazil in the 19th century. He participated in the wars of indepe
Sales Fields (1841-1913) was the fourth president of the Brazil Republic . São Paulo farmer, lawyer, representative of the coffee elite of the State of São Paulo, took office in 1898, when the Republic was consolidated, but the countrys financial situation was shaken. The political and economic pr
In those societies where individuals are immersed in a regime of social relations with differential access to the means of production, it is understood that such differentiation is associated with a given property regime and, therefore, requires an instance of power that is capable of guaranteeing t
The new chronicle and good government, by Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, could not fulfill the purposes for which the author did it, but, over time, it became the most important graphic document on the life and the customs of the colonial era.The Indians:vassals of the new owners of the Andean world I