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Brilliant piece on by the equally brilliant Dr. Emily Thames on José Campeche's ex-voto of the Holy Family!

https://t.co/zHUhLmvMIM

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2022-11-22

An enslaved man, painted (and idealized) circa 1821-1824 by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay while in residence at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro … https://t.co/fkyjnqXPVt

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2020-01-28

You are certainly tired of reading that Brazil imported the largest number of enslaved Africans to the Americas (nearly 5 MILLION), more than 10 times the number of Africans brought to the USA, but believe me every single week I meet people who don't know this!

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2020-01-27