Pilar, Alagoas
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09°35′50″S 35°57′24″W / 9.59722°S 35.95667°W Pilar is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 35,212 (2020)[1] and its area is 249 km².[2] On March 28, 1876, Pilar carried out the last official execution of Brazil when it hanged the slave Francisco.[3][4]
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[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ RIBEIRO, João Luiz. No Meio das Galinhas as Baratas Não Têm Razão: A Lei de 10 de Junho de 1835 - Os Escravos e a Pena de Morte no Império do Brasil (1822-1889). Rio de Janeiro, Editora Renovar, 2005.
- ^ LIMA Júnior, Félix. Última Execução Judicial no Brasil. Maceió: Edufal, 1979