Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Brazilians are people who are from the country of Brazil and who have ancestors who are African/black.

Afro-Brazilians Media

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  Recife was the first slave port in the Americas.

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  Afro-Brazilians dancing a jongo, c. 1822

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  Punishing slaves at Calabouço, in Rio de Janeiro, c. 1822

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  Painting by Jacques Etienne Arago titled Slave punishment (1839), in Brazil's Museu Afro Brasil

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  Portrait of Henrique Dias at the Museu do Estado de Pernambuco (Museum of the State of Pernambuco)

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  Typical dress of women from Bahia

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  Francisco Paulo de Almeida (1826-1901), first and only Baron of Guaraciaba, title granted by Princess Isabel. Negro, he possessed one of the greatest fortunes of the imperial period, getting to own approximately one thousand slaves.

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  Population growthWhite people in white colorMulti-racial and indigenous in blackBlack in yellowAsians are very few
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  Percentual in overall populationWhite people in whiteMulti-racial and indigenous in yellowBlack in blackAsians are very few
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  Percentage of black Brazilians per state, 2009.