The roças system, which gives the plantation…

1888 CE to 1899 CE

The roças system, which gives the plantation managers a high degree of authority, leads to abuses against the African farm workers.

Although Portugal officially had abolished slavery in 1876, the practice of forced paid labor has continued.

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