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Palmares /

"The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil. "Palmares" recounts the journey of Almeyda, a Black slave girl who comes of age on Portuguese plantations and escapes to a fugitive slave settlement called Palmares...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jones, Gayl (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Slavery > Brazil > Fiction. Black people > Brazil > Fiction. Imperialism > Fiction. ImpeÌ?rialisme > Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION > African American & Black > Historical. FICTION > Magical Realism. FICTION > Coming of Age. Imperialism. Black people. Slavery. Brazil. Magic realist fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction.

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