Esperança Garcia
Brazilian lawyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with DC Comics character Esperanza Garcia.
Esperança Garcia (born 1751) was a forcibly enslaved Black woman in Brazil who is considered to be the first female lawyer in Brazil.[1][2][3] On 6 September 1770, she sent a petition to free herself from slavery to the then-president of the province of São José do Piauí, Captaincy of Maranhão (now the current day state of Piauí), Gonçalo Pereira Botelho de Castro. In the petition, she denounced the abuse and maltreatment of her and her son by the overseer of Fazenda Algodões.[4]
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