These Pictures Prove Brazil’s Legacy Of Slavery Is Not A Thing Of The Past

In 1889, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to outlaw slavery. More enslaved Africans were sent to Brazil than any other country in the hemisphere.

The Huffington Post reported on Brazil’s quilombo movement in a two-part series last year. The photos below, some of them published here for the first time, were taken as part of that project.

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