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Sugar & Slavery
The good & the bad ~ intertwined.
Left ~ represents a sugar loaf, i.e. the Sugar Loaf Mountain shape
Center - Wooden screws from a 1700's Manioc (Cassava) mill (Google search "Manioc Cassava to learn about this food.)
Right ~ a wooden butter churn without the plunger
In the following, realize that when it says "America," it does NOT mean the United States, as most people around the world believe America is today! America goes from the northern border of Canada to the tip of Argentina.
Some statistical records:
A large quantity of gold & silver Afro-Brazilian jewelry adorned bodies of black or mulatto women on special occasions. This displayed the colonial Lords' ideal of wealth & power. a postcard: 1904-1915
The struggle to finally end slavery was in . . .
England 1807; the Colonies 1838; U.S. 1865; Brazil 1888
People say NEVER AGAIN, but we learn that slavery still continues worldwide, & in many ways today!
It's time for more prayer to change the hearts of man, & to do what each of us can do to help make that happen.
So what was it in 1888, in Brazil, that finally & actually stopped the slavery, vs. the 1831 law below?
a steamer trunk (a "suitcase" with everything you'd need to begin a new life)
Going to "Visiting Brazil9" [Rio de Janeiro 3 of 3] - Page 3, INDEPENDENCE>