The founding of the system of slavery on racist intellectual and ideological pillars, describing the enslaved Africans as culturally and mentally inferior, in order to legitimize their status as an economic good, as defined by the &quot; black codes &quot; , and the legal organization of slavery by the European powers, have profoundly impacted the mentalities and societal structures of all the countries in the hemisphere, including Brazil, which received 40 per cent of the enslaved Africans.
The founding of the system of slavery on racist intellectual and ideological pillars, describing the enslaved Africans as culturally and mentally inferior, in order to legitimize their status as an economic good, as defined by the &quot; black codes &quot; , and the legal organization of slavery by the European powers, have profoundly impacted the mentalities and societal structures of all the countries in the hemisphere, including Brazil, which received 40 per cent of the enslaved Africans.