Training and Early Career
Prudente de Morais was born in the vicinity of Itu (São Paulo) on 4 October 1841. At the age of three he lost his father, an animal dealer, who was murdered by a slave. After his mother re-married, Moraes took up residence in the city, where he finished primary school. He graduated with a law degree from the Law School of São Paulo in 1863 (today's Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo) and moved to Piracicaba that same year. He practiced law there for two years and began his political career in 1865.
During the period of the Empire of Brazil, Moraes belonged first to the Liberal Party as a monarchist. He was elected an alderman in 1865, presiding over the City of Piracicaba.
In 1873, he joined the Paulista Republican Party (PRP) and declared himself a republican as a representative in the Provincial Assembly.
He was a provincial deputy in the city of São Paulo and deputy to the General Assembly of the Empire as a supporter of the republican form of government, abolition of slavery and federalism. As provincial deputy, he worked with the complex issue of the currency of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, a subject on which he was an expert.
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