sentences:  1.7 million slaves were imported to Brazil from Africa from 1700 to 1800, and the rise of coffee in the 1830s further enticed expansion of the slave trade.Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery.By the time it was abolished after years of campaigning by Emperor Pedro II, on May 13, 1888, an estimated four million slaves had been imported/taken from Africa to Brazil, 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas.