Before slaves even entered the country there was division in North and South Brazil by original royalty. Why black slavery was so quickly adapted and established in the country has largely to do with the rapid economic success the country was seeing. “As in the United States, African slavery helped to define and demarcate the social and class lines of Brazilian society for centuries” Between initial colonization and the abolishment of slavery in the middle of the 19th century, more than 4 million slaves entered Brazil, most of them staying even after slavery ended and moving into urban
Before slaves even entered the country there was division in North and South Brazil by original royalty. Why black slavery was so quickly adapted and established in the country has largely to do with the rapid economic success the country was seeing. “As in the United States, African slavery helped to define and demarcate the social and class lines of Brazilian society for centuries” Between initial colonization and the abolishment of slavery in the middle of the 19th century, more than 4 million slaves entered Brazil, most of them staying even after slavery ended and moving into urban