Quilombo communities—established by formerly enslaved people—have become symbols of the long struggle against bondage and oppression in a country where racism and stigmatization remain sources of contention
conducted in 2020. That wage gap ratio has barely changed in at least a decade.
Like members of the other 55 families who live there, de Freitas is a descendant of enslaved ancestors who fled the region's gold mines and settled in the jungle."If we exist today, it is because our ancestors sought freedom," he says. “It is here [in quilombos] where they respect Black men and women, even when they are oppressed.
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