Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement. Later, colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labor during the initial phases...

of slaves have differed vastly in different systems of slavery in different times and places. Slavery has been found in some hunter-gatherer populations...

New World colonies Slavery in the British and French Caribbean Slavery in Cuba Slavery in Brazil Slavery in Latin America Slavery in Canada Slaves were...

in Brazil goes back to the first attempt to abolish indigenous slavery in Brazil, in 1611, to its definitive abolition by the Marquis of Pombal, in 1755...

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location...

most of the workforce of the Brazilian export economy after a brief initial period of Indigenous slavery to cut brazilwood. In contrast to the neighboring...

coffee production in Brazil. Historian Dale Tomich describes "The concept of the second slavery radically reinterprets the relation of slavery and capitalism...

Cambridge. p. 15. Klein, Herbert S (2010). Slavery In Brazil. Cambridge. p. 1. Klein, Herbert S (2010). Slavery In Brazil. Cambridge. p. 14. Davis, Darién J (2004)...

movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies...

Brazil was also the last country in the Americas to eradicate slavery. Calls for the end of slavery in Brazil began in the early 19th century. In 1825...