Showing posts with label Portuguese Slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portuguese Slavery. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Slave Life in Rio

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Slave Auction, Rio de Janeiro, 1859-186 1 Standing on a chair, the auctioneer dominates the scene while an enslaved woman with a child...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Story of The Legendary Icon Anastacia: Escrava Anastacia

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Editor's note:  This story comes from the website, Artworks By Matt Branson . Finding  Anastacia's story in English has bee...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Manila The African Money Of The Slave Trade

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MANILLAS: AFRICAN BRACELET MONEY Copper was the "red gold" of Africa and had been both mined there and traded across the Sahar...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Amazon Rubber Slavery

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New York Times , "Empire of Savagery in the Amazon," by Greg Grandin, 12 February 2010 -- The 19th-century doctrine of progre...
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African Colonization: Serial Enslavers

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As reported by the BBC "Slavery and the 'Scramble for Africa'" by Dr Saul David on 17 February 2011 -- What were the ...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Brazil Diamond Slavery

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With mine officials nearby, Brazilian slaves wash the gravel from riverbeds to concentrate the denser minerals in which diamonds are foun...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Cemetery for New African Slaves Unearthed in Rio, Brazil

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According to the Hindu Times , on 23 Decemberr 2011, "," by Tom Phillips: Locals called it the cemetery of the new blacks, but it ...

The New World Cemetaary for the Esclaves de Rio

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Black slaves of different nation in Brazil circa 1830. Tom Phillips of the Sidney Morning Herald reported "Cemetery sheds light on slav...