T exto adapted from the book “History:from caves to the Third Millennium (Vol. 3)”,by Myriam Becho Mota and Patrícia Ramos Braick The statement above is by Pedro Rabelo, son of journalist José Maria Rabelo, who at the age of 17 was detained and tortured in Chile. The Rabelo family, like hund
The “discovery of Brazil” took place on April 22, 1500 , with the arrival of the Portuguese in our country. Pedro Álvares Cabral , the brave Portuguese explorer, came with an expedition made up of 13 vessels:10 ships and 3 caravels. With him were about 1,500 sailors and the experienced navigator B
Thesugarcane cycle denominates the period when sugar was the main export product of Brazil. It began with the establishment of the Portuguese settler on the Brazilian coast, in 1530, when hereditary captaincies were created as a form of political and territorial organization. The Brazilian sugar c
The Abolitionism is the movement that emerged at the end of the 18th century, in Europe, with the aim of putting an end to slavery. In Brazil, the ideal emerged with force in the second half of the 19th century and contributed to the end of slavery in the country. Popular Movements There were many