Slavery in America: back in the headlines

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I am LOLing at your bolding.

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People also tend to think the Middle Passage began at the Point of No Return, not so. Slave traffickers would travel all over Africa so it could be may months between the time you are captured until you even set foot on a ship.

Regarding Brasil, slaves were less expensive to those purchasing in Brasil so they were treated pretty badly. Capoeira came out of necessity. There was this myth floating around because the people or Brasil " look so mixed" they must have had better relations with their captors. Not so there were just a ton of rapes. People on the outside seem to forget about the big ass population of Afro-Brasilians, see Salvador Bahia.

I am glad 12 Years a Slave was made, people need to see the abuse people suffered.