Slavery in Brazil

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Slavery in Brazil has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Sandbrook argues that an enslaved person would have fared better in the United States, since life expectancy for slaves was about 35 there versus 25 in Brazil.
“in the United States, as a slave, you die at the age of 35. As a slave in Brazil, you die at the age of 25”
The Rest Is History: 681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5) (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 8:47
Sandbrook states that almost half of trans-Atlantic enslaved West Africans, four to five million people, ended up on Brazilian plantations.
“almost half of the West African slaves transported across the Atlantic ended up on Brazilian plantations. So we're talking about four to five million people”
The Rest Is History: 681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5) (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 7:20
Sandbrook argues that slavery is the defining institution of Brazilian history, more so even than in the United States.
“This is the defining institution of Brazilian history, much more so than the United States”
The Rest Is History: 681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5) (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 7:11

681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5)
The Rest Is History · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Brazil's national anthem from Dom Pedro I's independence hymn through decades without lyrics to its 1922 text and protest uses.