HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arraignment, Brail
10 Dec 2016
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The challenge of modernity in latin america: brazil. By 1800, brazil principle portuguese colony in south america had received the largest number of enslaved africans in the western hemisphere. Its entire economy was dependent on slaves, and its creole elite, gernally very conservative in outlook, where adamant that slave holding was in their best interest. Like in spanish colonies, slaves generally worked agriculture sugar and later coffee plantations. Brazil also had a major mingn sector, and as a result its creole elite divide between these different economic interests: sugar, coffee and mining. Consequently, over the course of the 19th century, brazil political institutions were not dominated by creole-backed strongmen to the same degree as was the case in other. Issue of slavery would always be the front and centre in brazilian politics,and economic and social development. Brazil acquired independence without violence because the portuguese royal family relo(cid:272)ated to brazil i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1011) (cid:449)he(cid:374) portugal (cid:449)as i(cid:374)(cid:448)aded (cid:271)y napoleo(cid:374)"s ar(cid:373)ies.
