Tag: empire

Statue of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro

128 Years After the End of the Empire, Brazilians Still Pay a Tax to the Emperor’s Heirs

With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petrópolis, a ...

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Chris Arsenault

How the Press Joined Conservatives to Keep Illegal Slave Trade Alive in Brazil

The negative influence of the Brazilian press on the illegal slave trade is analyzed ...

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José Tadeu Arantes

Brazil Empire Through the Eyes of an Arab Imam

This is the only known record of the outlook of a Muslim Arab into ...

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Alexandre Rocha