America Vs Brazil

When I was younger and living in South America I used to watch some soap operas with my mom and dad. Many of this soap operas showed a lot of history especially from Brazil. It wasn’t all true but there was a lot of resemblance with what had really happened in the years where many African individuals were landing in Brazil and the Caribbean colonies. From this large amounts only six percent was landing in United States. One of the big differences is that most of the African slaves arriving in Brazil were males, therefore the reproduction of their community was increasing very slowly, and more shipments of male individuals were being received and welcomed by the “Conquistador’s” and the Catholic Church; unlike the African slaves in United States which were growing at a fast rate.
“Another important difference between Latin America and the United States involved conceptions of race. In Spanish and Portuguese America, an intricate system of racial classification emerged. Compared with the British and French, the Spanish and Portuguese were much more tolerant of racial mixing—an attitude encouraged by a shortage of European women—and recognized a wide range of racial gradations, including black, mestizo, …show more content…
Slavery in Brazil was not as aggressive, slaves had the freedom to go and come but not to escalate in higher positions of society. They were not treated fairly, but they were not abused or separated from the idea of freedom, because it was