escravidão
English meaning: Slavery
Portuguese Definition
(Português)O sistema de trabalho forçado em que as pessoas são tratadas como propriedade.
English Definition
The system of forced labor in which people are treated as property. Brazil was the last country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery (1888) and received the largest number of enslaved Africans (4.8 million — 40% of the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade). Slavery's legacy profoundly shapes Brazil's racial inequalities, culture, and social structure today.
Example
“O Brasil foi o último país das Américas a abolir a escravidão, em 1888, com a Lei Áurea.”
In English: “Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery in 1888 with the Golden Law.”
Synonyms
- cativeiro
- servidão
Antonyms / Opposites
- abolição
- liberdade
- emancipação
Literary Heritage
“Ó glória de mandar, ó vã cobiça desta vaidade a quem chamamos fama!”
“O glory of command, O vain desire of this vanity we call fame!”
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