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Portugal arrived in Brazil and took over half a century to establish a economy.
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Brazil recevied 4,000,000 Africans over four times as many as any other american destination. 40% of the total number of aficans going to the Americans only 10% made it.
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Most slaves in Brazil came from Senegambia.
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Gold was found in Minas Gerais. Trippling the demand for slaves. 1.7 million slaves were brought into Brazil in the late 17th - early century.
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Slavery was abloished in the British and French Caribbean. Brazil gained independence in 1822.
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Coffee came into Brazil plantations. 1.3 million slaves made there way onto coffee plantations.
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Britian's Royal Navy began to intercept slave ships headed for Brazil to free enslave Africans.
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Britian outlawed slavery in the British Colonies in 1833. Rising labor costs in the colonies made it difficult to compete with the slave economies of Brazil and Cuba.
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Britian's Royal Navy seixed 400 slave ships. Brazil was forced to close the slave trade.
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Brazil ended legal slave trade in 1850 because of pressure from Great Britian.
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Brazil passed the 'Law of the Free Womb," freeing slaves children born as slaves.
