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Portuguese arrived in Brazil.
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First import of slaves from Africa.
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Gold was discovered in Minas Gerais, tripling demand for slave labor.
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Second influx of demand for sugar.
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Brazil became independanct, however slavery continued because it was "too entrenched in the country's economy".
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Coffee plantations grew as the demand for coffee beans increased, sending 1.3 million slaves to coffee plantations
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Britain began to intercept slave ships headed to Brazil.
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Aboltiotion movement in Brazil gains widespread support in the late 1860s.
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Brazil passed a law called the Law of the Free Womb, which allowed children born to slaves free.
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Abolition of slavery:" From this date of this law slavery is declared extinct in Brazil."
