The excerpt on slavery in Brazil comes from book titled, “Shaping the New World African Slavery in the Americas, 1500 - 1888”, which was written by Eric Nellis, a history professor from the University of British Columbia, and published in 2013. The purpose of this text is to explain Portugal and Brazil’s key role in assimilating the enslavement of the African people in the New World. This is evident when the author writes, “Brazil’s role as the hemisphere’s greatest importer of Africans began early and ended late”. In the text, the role of African slaves is exemplified through the introduction of the “Racial Gradations”, which were created by the Brazilians, and the astounding amount of slaves imported by Brazil due to their transition from
