Slaves Resist Europeans at Palmares.

Brazil; Quilombo dos Palmares (Brazil) -- History -- 17th century

In the second half of the sixteenth century, Portuguese settlers in Brazil began to plant and process sugarcane, and by the early seventeenth century, northeast Brazil supplied most of Europe’s sugar. In order to staff the plantations, the Portuguese expanded the slave trade from Africa. As sugar production increased, so did the numbers of Africans brought in bondage to Brazil.