Pope Leo XIII, Princess Isabel and agricultural development

Precessor of the new Pope, Leão XIII, in Enciclica In pluralis (5/5/1888), wrote to promote actions against slavery, expressed its content by the undertaking of Emperor Dom Pedro II and Princess Isabel, for its extension. In the same year, Leão XIII granted the Golden Rosa to Princess Isabel, because she had signed on 13 May, the Áurea Law: the abolition of slavery in Brazil. A permanent symbol of reversion, this Rosa de Goldo is now found in th…