Rio de Janiero, Slave Market Auction, 1830

From the colonial period until the first independent decades, Rio de Janeiro was a city of slaves. The Port of Rio de Janeiro was the largest port of slaves in the Americaa. Colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labor during the initial phases of settlement to maintain the subsistence economy, and natives were often captured by expeditions called bandeiras. The importation of African slaves began midway through the 16th century, but the enslavement of indigenous peoples continued well into the 17th and 18th centuries. During the Atlantic slave trade era, Brazil imported more African slaves than any other country. An estimated 4.9 million slaves from Africa were brought to Brazil during the period from 1501 to 1866. No artist credited, 1830

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