Recently, I talked with Brazilian journalist @TiagoRogero about #projetoQuerino, a groundbreaking podcast inspired by the #1619Project. They have English transcript of the first episode and it is absolutely fascinating.
https://twitter.com/tiagorogero/status/1590024424581124097
Some fascinating tidbits from episode 1 of #projetoQuerino :At one point, there were more enslaved people in Brazil, just over a million people, than the entire population of Portugal.
Reminds me of the little contemplated fact that during the period of slavery, millions more African people crossed the Atlantic than Europeans.
Marco Morel, historian and professor at the State University of Rio said: "The Haitian Revolution was one of the greatest events in the history of humanity." And yet few children in our hemisphere learn of it and if they do, not in that context.
Marco Morel: The Haitian Revolution. was the first insurrection – a rebellion that became an insurrection and then a revolution – of enslaved workers that was able to destroy a slaveholding society...and rise to power. A singular fact in the history of humanity.
I was surprised at how similar is the colonial history of Brazil and the US, that at independence, Brazil, too, grappled with whether to be a slave society or free. @TiagoRogero: There were multiple visions of Brazil. But the one that won out… was the slaveholders.
Valdíria Lopes: "Plenty of Black folks went to fight for their independence. We know that, but that’s not how the story’s told. But we know that history is made from memories." YES.
And of course, Brazil struggles with the same racial issues as the US, and recently the electorate defeated their own version of Donald Trump.
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