Mocked At Auction, Remembered By History: The Story Of Benedita
By ELLIE-MAE DRAWING Beyond the Auction Block: The Untold Story of Benedita A Morning of Human Commerce THE February sun hung heavily over the town square of Vassouras in Brazil’s Paraíba Valley in 1857. The region, then one of the most important coffee-producing centres in the country, thrived on the labour of enslaved Africans and their […]
