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of all the countries to receive enslaved Africans during the trans atlantic trade, Brazil took in the most by far. approximately 4 million Africans made it to the shores of Brazil, about 10 times the amount that came to the United States. following the end of slavery, Brazil carried out a series of immigration policies that favored immigration from Europe in an effort to whiten its population. this practice was known as branqueamento.

unlike the United States which accept(ed/s) a ‘one drop rule’ definition of blackness, in Brazil (and many other parts of the world) ideas of race were/are different. Blackness is something that can be diluted and done away with over time and many distinctions are given to those who have mixed ancestry.

This painting is an artist’s depiction of a young white child, her mixed race mother and white father. her black grandmother seems to be giving thanks to white jesus that the baby shows no sign of ‘black blood.’

work: A Redenção de Cam (Redemption of Ham), Modesto Brocos, 1895