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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
Black boy selling fruit along the Coco road on the northern exit of Salvador. The enormous wealth and prosperity of the engenhos were dependent on massive infusion of slave labor on the large agricultural estates. The number of engenhos multiplied with increased European demand for sugar and African slaves gradually substituted for Indian labor. Although estimates vary, it is commonly believed that some three and a half million slaves were brought to Brazil from Western Africa and even as far as Mozambique during 1550-1850, the majority entering through the port of Salvador.Menino negro vendendo frutas ao longo da Estrada do Coco, na saída norte de Salvador. As enormes riquezas e a prosperidade dos engenhos dependeram de infusão maciça do trabalho de escravos nas grandes propriedades agrícolas. O número de engenhos multiplicava com o crescimento da demanda européia de açúcar e gradativamente os escravos africanos foram subtituindo o trabalho dos índios. Embora as estimativas variem, acredita-se comumente que mais ou menos três e meio milhões de escravos foram trazidos para o Brasil, vindos do oeste da África e até mesmo de Moçambique, entre 1550-1850, a maioria deles entrando pelo porto de Salvador.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1988
Keywords
Brazil: Salvador, Bahia
