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Fazenda Piedade farm. The master house of a coffee plantation farm founded in the 18th century in Paty do Alferes, Rio de Janeiro.
... that Fazendas, meaning "farms", were coffee plantations that spread into the interior of Brazil between 1840 and 1896? They created major export commodities for Brazilian trade, but also led to intensification of slavery in Brazil.
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