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

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...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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

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...

punishment for crime". In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to outlaw slavery, except for the United States where slavery as punishment is...