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*Today's selection -- from **Early Latin America** by James Lockhart and Stuart B. Schwartz.* By far the greatest number of slaves from Africa were shipped to Brazil, some four million as compared to 390,000 that went to North America. The reason? Brazil's nascent economy was based almost entirely on sugar, and the brutal work of the sugar *engenhos*, where up to 10 percent of the slaves died each year: https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=3757 _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
