The sugar mill designates the place where sugar was produced during the colonial period. These mills appeared in the 16th century, when sugarcane was planted in Brazil. They had buildings for grinding sugar cane, places to transform the juice into molasses and rapadura, a chapel, a house for the o
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695) was the last leader of Quilombo dos Palmares and also the one with the greatest historical relevance. Zumbi gained respect and admiration from his quilombola compatriots due to his skills as a warrior, which gave him courage, leadership and knowledge of military strat
Jorge Paredes Laos Some events of our past that are not necessarily real or that did not happen as we were told. Sometimes in history not everything is what it seems (or seemed). Many events or certain theories of the past begin to change after the discovery of new documentary sources or the product
The Brazilian Indians today form a contingent that represents about 0.47% of the Brazilian population. According to the IBGE census (2010), there are 896,917 indigenous people in the country , of which about 60% live on indigenous lands officially recognized by the federal government. Of this numb