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77 Idem, p.185.
78 Idem, p.182.
79 Ricardo SALLES, Guerra do Paraguai: Escravidão e Cidadania na formação do exército, Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra,1990, p. 8.
80 Idem, p. 10.
81 Idem, ibidem.