[OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa) Submitted by latinometrics t3_10z0y3g on February 10, 2023 at 7:42 PM in dataisbeautiful 66 comments 1,163
WatchedHotwife t1_j8318yn wrote on February 11, 2023 at 6:44 AM Slavery labour since 1532... Permalink −2−
[OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa)
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