Following three-year search, UF grad student discovers long-lost Brazilian abolitionist’s tomb
By Jack Prator | Feb. 16, 2021UF history graduate student Licinio Nunes de Miranda spent three years searching for the tomb of Brazilian abolitionist Francisco José do Nascimento, nicknamed the Sea Dragon because of his beginnings as a fisherman.

![The tomb of Francisco José do Nascimento, nicknamed "Sea Dragon," caked in dirt when UF history graduate student Licinio Nunes de Miranda found it in July. [Courtesy of Licinio Nunes de Miranda]](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/ufa/62d0f150-b5cd-4b74-b821-3576aeba56cf.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=1500&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)













