Alves, Castro

Castro Alves
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Name	Alves, Castro Gender: M
Birthname	Alves, Antonio Frederico de Castro
born on	14 March 1847 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place	Muritiba (Bahia), Brazil, 12s3735, 38w5924
Timezone	LMT m38w5924 (is local mean time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Borges
Astrology data	23°20' 19°56 Asc. 19°51'

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Castro Alves

Biography

Brazilian abolitionist poet whose verses and essays brought attention to the pitiful situation of Afro-Brazilian slaves and promoted their freedom. Castro died 7/06/1871 of tuberculosis; he was 24 and he knew he had the disease at age 16.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

• Death by Disease 6 July 1871 (Age 24, tuberculosis)
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Source Notes

Marcello Borges quotes a biography for the record of Castro's father.

Sy Scholfield quotes same data from the biography "A vida de Castro Alves" by Pedro Calmon (J. Olympio, 1947), p. 30: "Dúvida que houvesse, tirou-a o diário do Dr. Alves: 'Antônio Castro Alves, 1847 — a 14 de março nasceu meu 2.° filho Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves — às 10 horas do dia de Santa Matilde — domingo. Fazenda das Cabaceiras.'"

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Tuberculosis (knew he had it at age 16)

• Personal : Death : Short Life less than 29 Yrs (Age 24)

• Vocation : Writers : Poet (Abolitionist)