|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)|
|Astrology data||23°20' 19°56 Asc. 19°51'|
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.
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.'"
- 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)