USA Post-1808
Slavery in Brazil
Cultural Practices
19th century Brazil
Misc.
100

Throughout the 19th century, did slavery increase or decrease in the USA

Increased

100

What percent of slaves, arriving from the middle passage, came directly to Brazil?

50% (5.5 million)

100

Why was Congada tolerated by enslavers?

Catholic influence 

100

During the 19th century, did the number of enslaved Africans increase or decrease in Brazil?

Decreased

100

What year did Portugal make their first settlement in Brazil?

1516

200

The number of remaining slaves in America

4 million

200

Slaves made up what percent of the colonies migrants?

70%

200

Martial arts resembling dance developed by enslaved Africans

Capoeira

200

In the late 1800s, what percent of Brazil’s population was enslaved peoples?

15%

200

How many Africans were sent directly to the Americas?

12 Million

300

What did cotton replace as the most lucrative crop?

Sugar

300

Most slaves headed to Brazil embarked from where?

Luanda

300

Celebration of the king of Kongo

Congada

300

What percent of enslaved Africans or Natives were set free by the late 1800s?

75%

300

What country is Luanda in?

Angola

400

What percentage of slaves globally were in the Americas by the 19th century?

50%

400

What plantation type dominated after sugar plantations in 1650?

Coffee Plantations

400

Primary motion in Capoeira

Ginga

400

Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, what year did they abolish it?

1888

400

What map portrayed Brazil in 1519

The Miller Atlas

500

Latin name referring to children born into slavery

Partus Sequitur Ventrum 

500


What was the average lifespan of enslaved Africans in Brazil?

23 years old

500

The Bantu concept of drawing strength from an ancestor

Kalûnga

500

This act, signed in 1888 by Princess Isabel, abolished slavery of all forms in Brazil

Lei áurea (Golden Act)

500

Congada, in modern day, is celebrated when?

The 2nd Sunday of October

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