Severe sex imbalance and infant mortality drove Brazil’s slave decline

Evidence

In addition, he remarks, “there were, on the average, eight men to every two female slaves,” and infant mortality was high. The end result, as Bethell has already been seen to conclude: “The slave population of Brazil required regular replenishment.” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 752

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Category: Factual Claims

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