A Math Proof Against Slavery, and the Revolt It Lit
Colonial Brazil

A Math Proof Against Slavery, and the Revolt It Lit

A Jesuit mathematician set out to prove that slavery was mathematically impossible, and the result triggered the largest slave revolt in history.

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Colonial Brazil17th CenturyJesuit MissionsSlave RevoltsReligious PhilosophyPortuguese EmpireVatican PoliticsMathematical TheologyAntónio VieiraPernambucoAfrican DiasporaThomistic Philosophy

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