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Historical Slavery Document (1832)

Historical Slavery Document (1832)

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Five Black Africans, slaves, arrive on the South American coast but two escaped.

  • Handwritten note from an unknown author to the captain of the Pluton.
  • One page.
  • 21.7 cm x 16.4 cm.
  • In Spanish.
  • Montevideo, Uruguay, October 31, 1832.
  • Good condition.
  • Unique item.

Original transcription

El Cap del Berg-goleta brasileño, Pluton, puede seguir viaje con los cinco negros del rol de otro buque, y aunque introdujo siete, consta en este departamento que han fugado dos.

Montevideo Oct 31 del 1832

Translation to Portuguese

O capitão do Barquentine brasileiro, Plutão, pode seguir viagem com os cinco negros do outro barco, e ainda que tenha introduzido sete, consta neste departamento que dois tenham escapado.

Montevidéo, outubro, 31 de 1832

Few people know that Brazil shares a harsh mark in its history with Uruguay, its southern neighbor, that goes beyond the Cisplatine War or the famous Paraguayan War. Brazil, a country with an agricultural and colonial past, explored African slave labor on its plantations; however, it was not the only one on the continent to do so. Another great example is Uruguay, the land of barbecue and gauchos, which also used forced African labor and, through the slave trade, established commercial relations with Brazil.

Brazil experienced a long period of slavery. In the Brazilian lands, the use of slave labor was abolished only in 1888, and nearly 5 million Africans were brought to the country, with Uruguay being a route for slave trade ships whose final destination was Brazilian plantations. Furthermore, Portuguese people residing in Brazil were responsible for bringing the first slaves to Uruguay.

Another peculiarity is the fact that slavery in Uruguay was abolished much earlier than in Brazil, as early as 1825, when Uruguay freed itself from Spanish rule. This led many Brazilian slaves to flee to the neighboring nation, since abolition in Brazil would only occur 63 years later.

This historical scar left strong cultural influences that bring the two countries closer. In present-day Uruguay, 8% of the population identifies as Black, and African roots are strongly noted in local culture, especially in some regions of the capital. Candombe, for example, a traditional Afro-Uruguayan rhythm that would sound familiar to any Brazilian, was declared intangible heritage by UNESCO in 2009 and echoes through the traditional African neighborhoods "Barrio Sur" and "Palermo" in Montevideo, where carnival is also celebrated annually with parades similar to those in northeastern Brazil.

African heritage is not exclusive to Brazil or Uruguay; the marks of the slave trade over the centuries can be seen in Latin American societies, even if their forms differ in each country. African labor was the foundation for the construction and organization of the entire region, and it is fundamental to tell this story to rescue the importance of the African people in our society, because only with the recognition of our past can we understand our origins and, finally, rebuild our relationships in a more egalitarian way.  

This document is a rare testimony to slavery and human trafficking of the time, with a happy "detail": two of these men escaped.

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