‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition
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Despite the UK's abolition efforts, British companies continued to profit from slavery in Brazil long after 1833. In 1845, a British mining company, St John d’El Rey, "rented" 385 enslaved people, a loophole permitted under the 1843 Slave Trade Act. Although these individuals were supposed to be freed after 14 years, it wasn't until 1879, after a Brazilian abolitionist intervened, that the 123 survivors were released. Historian Joseph Mulhern's research highlights that British merchants facilitated the illegal slave trade by providing goods and credit to traffickers. Despite Brazil banning the trafficking of enslaved Africans in 1831 under pressure from the UK, British commercial interests enabled the continuation of slavery, a fact often overlooked in British narratives about abolition.
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