
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.
Read the full story in the app
Untold Archives: one untold history story, every morning.
Download on the App StoreColonial Brazil17th CenturyJesuit MissionsSlave RevoltsReligious PhilosophyPortuguese EmpireVatican PoliticsMathematical TheologyAntónio VieiraPernambucoAfrican DiasporaThomistic Philosophy
History is full of stories like this one.