Maria Firmina dos Reis’s Ursula: Voices From a Black Brazilian Writer in the Nineteenth Century

In this study, I analyze how the novel Ursula, written in the 1850s, gives voice to the search for social justice in nineteenth-century Brazil before the abolition of slavery in 1888. Similarly to Uncle Tom's Cabin in the U.S.A., the book provides the reader with a heartfelt testimony and plea for social justice. Through the