Slavery in Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slavery in Brazil began in the 16th century, when the Portuguese Empire began to colonize the country. The enslavement of indigenous peoples, and later the large-scale importation of Africans, heavily shaped the country's social structure and ethnic landscape. During the colonial epoch and for over six decades after the 1822 independence, slavery[1] was a mainstay of the Brazilian economy, especially in mining, cotton, and sugar caneproduction. Brazil obtained an estimated 35% of all enslaved Africans traded in the Atlantic slave trade. More than 3 million Africans were sent to Brazil to work mainly on sugar cane plantations from the 16th to the 19th century, far more than were imported into North America. Slavery was finally abolished in Brazil on 13 May 1888. It was the last nation in the Western world to abolish the institution of slavery.
The African slaves in Brazil were not as fortunate as those in US and the Caribbean. Since North America is farther from Africa, the African slaves were treated better. Those in some Caribbean islands were the most fortunate as owners were absentees. They are left to live on their own. Because of the proximity of Brazil to Africa, the slaves were treated the worst. Women and men, even husbands and wives, were separated to prevent pregnancy. It was much cheaper to replace a slave in Brazil than in the US.
Capoeira - An Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that incorporates dance, song, music and oral history. Its roots are to be found in Brazilian slave society, as well as - via the transatlantic slave trade - in central Africa.
Capoeira was born not as a fighting style, but as a hope of survival. A tool with which an escaped slave, completely unequipped, could survive in the hostile, unknown land and face the hunt of the capitães-do-mato, the armed and mounted colonial agents who were charged with finding and capturing escapees.
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Best Capoeira Brazil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H0D8VaIli02004 Winter in Brazil, Adriana arranged a capoeira lesson for Anita and Jennifer.
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