The Bill Aberdeen Act was enacted on August 8, 1845 by England prohibiting the African slave trade. In this way, the British navy pursued, intercepted and imprisoned the slave ships that transported slaves across the South Atlantic. Once the boat was captured, the slaves were returned to Africa an
The Brazilian economy is considered, in 2018, the ninth world economy and the first in Latin America, according to IMF data. Brazils GDP is estimated at 2.14 trillion dollars. The country reached the position of seventh world economy in 1995 and has remained among the top ten economies since then.
Mark Thurner, American historian, investigated the origins of bicentennial Peru. Bolívar and San Martín, in their republican vision, excluded and underestimated the Indian in the formation of a country that continues to discriminate against them. The subject named “indigenous” enters the Peruvian sc
Tiradentes, nickname of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (1746-1792), was one of the participants of the Inconfidência Mineira, a movement that aimed to proclaim the captaincy of Minhas Gerais as an independent Republic. Sentenced for treason, he received the death penalty by hanging, being hanged in 17