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"Brazil was one of the last countries in the world to abolish slavery in 1888..."
"Over the years, thousands of slaves who escaped their masters established so-called quilombos communities. The biggest and best-known of them was Quilombo dos Palmares, led by Zumbi dos Palmares."
"As in most countries of South America, the color of one's skin does not always determine one's social standing.
Listen to native speakers pronounce “quilombo” in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
A fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.
“The rugged, trackless and densely forested hills were almost impenetrable and the quilombos were spread widely.”