AP African American Studies / Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
2.16 Diasporic Connections: Slavery and Freedom in Brazil
Notes
Brazil received the most enslaved Africans of any country and was the last in the Americas to abolish slavery (1888). Quilombos (maroon communities) and Afro-Brazilian culture (candomblé, capoeira) developed.
Practice
Brazil abolished slavery in:
Last in the Americas.
Capoeira is:
Cultural resistance.
Brazil received:
Largest destination.
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