Slavery in 2020: People working in conditions analogous to slavery
Slavery in 2020? Since 2003, more 3,000 cases of people working in conditions analogous to slavery were discovered in Brazil; in Bahia, 21 were recently […]
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May 13, 2013, 125 years since the abolition of slavery, but today 8 of 10 people working in conditions analogous to slavery are of African descent
Note from BW of Brazil: Today, May 13th, marks the 125th year of the abolition of slavery in Brazil which lasted about 350 years until 1888. […]
89 year old black woman subjected to slavery in the city of Santos for 50 years
Note from BBT: From the time I started studying issues of race in Brazil, I became aware of the lengths that citizens would go to […]
Babysitter jumps from 3rd floor of apartment building after being threatened and beaten by employer
Note from Black Brazil Today: These types of stories are always difficult to read. I want to believe that these sorts of situations don’t happen in […]
Family that enslaved black woman for 38 years puts apartment up for sale to pay indemnity; victim slowly recovering from ordeal
Note from BBT: Let’s be real. Is there really any way that one can be re-paid or repaired for the damages done them after having […]
Woman living in conditions similar to slavery for 38 years released by authorities
Note from BW of Brazil: I became of this story last week, but I’ve been simply to busy to get to it. When I heard […]
Preta Rara releases book on the work experiences of hundreds of maids
“The modern slave quarters is the maid’s room”: A former maid, rapper/historian Preta Rara releases book on the work experieces of hundreds of maids When […]
A few hours of pleasure? Motel Senzala in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, offers slavery-themed rooms complete with chains, shackles and cages
A few hours of pleasure? Motel Senzala in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, offers slavery-themed rooms complete with chains, shackles and cages Ya see, […]
Elderly woman enslaved for eight years was rescued in the state of Minas Gerais: is slavery extinct?
Note from BW of Brazil: Unfortunately, what the question asked in the headline is not as outrageous as you may think. In the country that […]
“For sale, for rental and runaways”: Black slaves in 19th century classified ads; a reminder of May 13th, when slavery was abolished in Brazil 127 years ago
Note from BW of Brazil: As we’ve seen recently, 350 year plus years of the inhumane institution of slavery has had and continues to have […]
“We need girls for child labor and slavery”: Newspaper classified ad seeks girl 12-18 for illegal adoption and child labor
Note from BW of Brazil: Let’s clarify, the above ad doesn’t actually request a slave, but we will expound on that in the reason for […]
Black girls, aged 10-14, descendants of runaway slave communities, victims of rape; worked as maids in middle-class homes of powerful white elites
Note from BW of Brazil: To say the least, this is quite a disturbing story! These types of reports once again makes one ask if […]
For the first time, Marina Silva makes reference to the race factor in her campaign, but will her agenda change the definition of “slave labor”?
Note from BW of Brazil: With only fifteen days until Brazilians go to the polls to decide on the country’s next leader, pundits already know […]
Racial inequalities persist after 125 years of the abolition of slavery
by Naira Sodré and Max Milliano Melo Yesterday, May 13, we remembered the date of the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. But 125 years […]
