Engenho Vitória

	Engenho Vitória Engenho Vitória is a Engenho, sugarcane mill founded in the nineteenth century, located on the banks of the Paraguaçu River in the countryside of Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. History The year 1812 marks the beginning of the construction of Engenho Vitória, on the banks of the Paraguaçu River, an important watercourse in Bahia, near Cachoeira. The work was sponsored by the Commander (order), Commander Pedro Bandeira, an important merchant of his time and one of the pioneers in the use of steam navigation in Bahia. Built in the period of Colonial Brazil, the Engenho building is connected to the Slavery in Brazil, slavery process in Brazil, as it was a place that used slave labor during its operation as a sugar business. The mill consists of a three-level ''Sobrado (architecture), sobrado'', based on an architectural project that imagined the construction of the building with a "T" shape. The building includes covered access between the ''engenho'' and the ''Sobrado (architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Engenho ''Engenho'' () is a colonial-era Portuguese term for a sugar cane mill and the associated facilities. In Spanish-speaking countries such as Cuba and Puerto Rico, they are called ''ingenios''. Both words mean ''engine'' (from latin ''ingenium''). The word engenho usually only referred to the mill, but it could also describe the area as a whole including land, a mill, the people who farmed and who had a knowledge of sugar production, and a crop of sugar cane. A large estate was required because of the massive amount of labor needed to yield refined sugar, molasses, or rum from raw sugar cane. These estates were prevalent in Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and other countries in the Caribbean. Today, Brazil is still one of the world's major producers of sugar. Sugarcane in Brazil Sugarcane was not introduced to Brazil until the Portuguese established the production of it in the middle of the 16th century. They controlled the leading sugar industry in Madeira already, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Slavery Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavement is the placement of a person into slavery, and the person is called a slave or an enslaved person (see ). Many historical cases of enslavement occurred as a result of breaking the law, becoming indebted, suffering a military defeat, or exploitation for cheaper labor; other forms of slavery were instituted along demographic lines such as race or sex. Slaves would be kept in bondage for life, or for a fixed period of time after which they would be granted freedom. Although slavery is usually involuntary and involves coercion, there are also cases where people voluntarily enter into slavery to pay a debt or earn money due to poverty. In the course of human history, slavery was a typical feature of civilization, and existed in most socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sugar Industry Of Brazil The agricultural sector in Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Economy of Brazil, Brazil's economy. In 2024, Brazil was the second-biggest grain exporter in the world, with 19% of the international market share, and the fourth overall grain producer. Brazil is also the world's largest exporter of many popular agriculture commodities like coffee, soybeans, cotton, honey, organic honey, beef, poultry, sugarcane, cane sugar, Açaí palm, açai berry, orange juice, yerba mate, cellulose, tobacco, and the second biggest exporter of maize, corn, pork, and ethanol. The country also has a significant presence as producer and exporter of rice, wheat, eggs as food, eggs, refined sugar, cocoa bean, cocoa, beans, Nut (fruit), nuts, cassava, sisal, sisal fiber, and diverse fruits and vegetables. The success of agriculture during the Estado Novo (Brazil), Estado Novo (New State), with Getúlio Vargas, led to the expression, "Brazil, breadbasket of the world". The southern o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]