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April 2006
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Written by Gerard Taylor
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Sunday, 02 April 2006 10:51 |
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In his Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Brésil, Jean-Baptiste Debret painted an elderly blind slave begging in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Begging was often the occupation of slaves who had been awarded manumission due to handicaps that stopped them from working. The blind man is shown playing a berimbau, accompanied by a young boy who carries a sugar cane, "destined to his nourishment."
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