Brazil Slide Series: Collection A Heranca Cultural De Minas Gerais, Slide No. 0013.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

13) Two black ladies talking in downtown Ouro Preto. Gold and diamond mining was based on slave labor and was closely controlled by the Portuguese authorities who shifted the colony's capital from Salvador (Bahia) to the port of Rio de Janeiro to facilitate shipping and to better administer this source of wealth.13) Duas senhoras da raça negra, conversando no centro de Ouro Preto. A mineração de ouro e diamante estava baseada no trabalho escravo e era controlada de perto pelas autoridades portuguesas, que mudaram a capital da Colónia de Salvador (Bahia) para o porto do Rio de Janeiro, objetivando facilitar o transporte marítimo e melhor administrar esta fonte de riqueza.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1992