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Video: A Heartbreaking Glimpse Into the Instruments of Torture Used During Slavery in Brazil

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The use of instruments of torture was not unique to the U.S – Brazil, which was the largest participant in the slave trade, also has a history of using measures of extreme torture against enslaved Africans. Brazil was the last country to officially abolish slavery in 1888.

Video from the BBC Timewatch Series.

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