Slavery and Quilombos
Afro-Brazilian culture is the basis of Paraty's identity: artisanal cachaça, jongo, the São Benedito festival, cirandas, the Quilombo Campinho da Independência (today with ~100 families on 287 hectares).
What happened
Paraty had more than 250 sugar mills powered by enslaved labor. Africans built stone sidewalks, mountain roads, descended mountains with coffee and gold, produced cachaça. In 1762, there was an expedition to destroy the quilombo that threatened the village. With Abolition in 1888, the city almost emptied. Former slaves found Quilombo Campinho da Independência at the end of the century. XIX.
Why does it matter
Afro-Brazilian culture is the basis of Paraty's identity: artisanal cachaça, jongo, the São Benedito festival, cirandas, the Quilombo Campinho da Independência (today with ~100 families on 287 hectares).
Related locations
- Quilombo Campinho da Independência
- Historical devices
- Stills
Sources
- portoimperial.com.br
- UFF – Rebel Impressions
- novoterritorios.com