Freedom
Enslaved African Chico Rei hid gold in his hair to raise funds to buy his freedom
Chico Rei is believed to have hailed from the West Central African Kingdom of Kongo. He was born in the early 1800s into the royal family. His fortunes took a different twist when some members of his family and himself were captured by slave raiders and shipped to work on the plantations in Europe. Chico and his…
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Little Africa, the Afro-Brazilian community where every enslaved African is free
The Afro-Brazilian community, Little Africa, is home to thousands of Africans, but, it is a...
