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Slavery in Latin America was an economic and social institution that existed in Latin America before the colonial era until its legal abolition in the newly independent states during the 19th century. [1] However, it continued illegally in some regions into the 20th century. [2]
The Clapham Sect, although their religious and political influence was more active in Spanish Latin America, were a group of evangelical reformers that campaigned during much of the 19th century for the British government to use its influence and power to stop the traffic of slaves to Brazil. Besides moral qualms, the low cost of slave-produced ...
Brazil's government has made addressing slavery a top priority over the past decade in Latin America's largest economy. In 1995, Brazil officially recognized the active use of slave labor in the ...
Public prosecutors have begun probing Bank of Brazil, Latin America’s second-largest financial institution by assets, with $380 billion, for its historical links to the slave trade. Their ...
The goal of converting all Indians to Catholic faith and practices was used by the Portuguese crown to justify the colonization of Brazil. [10] The Jesuits, arriving in Brazil in the mid-sixteenth century, were tasked with these conversions and continued to be`the most prevalent and economically powerful denomination in Brazil until they were expelled in the 1700s. [11]
The day after the end of slavery. Post-abolition is the period of Brazilian history immediately following the abolition of slavery in 1888.Defined as a major break in the system practiced until then, the period triggered significant changes in the Brazilian economy and society, which depended largely on slave labor.
Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in the captaincy of Pernambuco, in what is today the Brazilian state of Alagoas.
The continuing legality of slavery (until 1888) was another factor, though few Confederados actually acquired slaves in Brazil. [2] It is estimated that up to 20,000 American Confederates immigrated to the Empire of Brazil from the Southern United States after the American Civil War.