 When Canudos finally capitulated, after months of resistance, the community's 5,200 homes were burned to the ground. The few surviving women were evacuated to the coast, where they were made servants (and in some cases, prostitutes); some of the surviving...  The History of Brazilby Robert M. Levine - 1999 - 208 lehteNo preview available - About this book
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...distance, by the Brazilian Minister of War. When Canudos finally capitulated, after months of resistance, the community's 5,200 homes were burned to the ground....prostitutes); some of the surviving children were 'adopted' by some of the onlookers or otherwise .taken as trophies of war. This chapter examines the background... | |
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