A Concise History of Brazil Quotes

“They maintained that the institution of slavery already existed in Africa and that they had merely transported slaves to the Christian world where they would become civilized and saved, once they knew true religion.”
― Boris Fausto, A Concise History of Brazil

“neither the church nor the state opposed the enslavement of blacks. Religious organizations such as the Benedictines even became large-scale slave owners.”
― Boris Fausto, A Concise History of Brazil