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Andr Pinto Rebouas was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antnio Pereira Rebouas and Carolina Pinto Rebouas. Lawyer, member of Parliament and an adviser to Pedro II of Brazil, his father was the son of a manumitted slave and a Portuguese tailor. His brothers Antnio Pereira Rebouas Filho and Jos Rebouas were also engineers.

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