document.writeln('<p><a class=day>Slavery is abolished</a>, May 13, 1888. Princess Isabel signs the "Lei Áurea", freeing the slaves.  Isabel asks Baron de Cotegipe (who had previously fostered a law freeing elderly slaves), "Did I or did I not win the stoppage," to which he replied, "Her Majesty won the stoppage, but lost the throne." A prediction which will prove true. (Isabel: <i>Ganhei ou não ganhei a parada?</i>  Cotegipe: <i>A Senhora ganhou a parada mas perdeu o trono.</i>)')