Black boy selling fruit along the Coco road on the northern exit of Salvador. The enormous wealth and prosperity of the engenhos were dependent on massive infusion of slave labor on the large agricultural estates. The number of engenhos multiplied with increased European demand for sugar and African slaves gradually substituted for Indian labor. Although estimates vary, it is commonly believed that some three and a half million slaves were brought to Brazil from Western Africa and even as far as Mozambique during 1550-1850, the majority entering through the port of Salvador.Menino negro vendendo frutas ao longo da Estrada do Coco, na saída norte de Salvador. As enormes riquezas e a prosperidade dos engenhos dependeram de infusão maciça do ...
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