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The Secret Life of Enslaved Africans in Colonial Brazil
While the Zong massacre and Haitian Revolution dominate popular memory, the daily reality of slavery in colonial Brazil offers a different, more intimate look at resistance and survival. This episode explores the hidden world of enslaved people in Salvador da Bahia during the late eighteenth century, focusing on the powerful role of domestic workers and the vibrant Afro-Brazilian religious practices that sustained them. We follow the lives of figures like Luísa Mahin, mother of the famous abolitionist Luís Gama, and examine how the *quilombos* served not just as escape routes but as centers…
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