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 Lucia Maria Bastos Pereira das Neves The forgotten in the independence process: a history to be made

Almanack, Guarulhos, n. 25, ef00220, 2020 http://doi.org/10.1590/2236-463325ef00220 picacity of Brazilian deputies in the Lisbon Courts, the brilliant understanding of the Brazilian question by José Bonifácio, “the indefatigable apostolate of public opinion by a Ledo, a Januário, a Sampaio, a José Clemente’ and the lucidiy of the ‘curious’ Leopoldina.

When the images are identified and the articles of periodicals prepared for the celebration of the Centenary of Independence are read, the permanence of the great heroes are seen: José Bonifácio, Gonçalves Ledo, Januário da Cunha Barbosa, Diogo Feijó, the empress Leopoldina and, undoubtedly, D.Pedro I. The following picture (Figure 1) taken from the September 7th, 1922 edition of the Gazeta de Notícias, can testify this position by pointing the great vultures of Independence as well as those of the First and Second Kingdoms:

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