40% of the population is mixed-race. How did Brazil become a melting pot of races?

This is related to the colonial development of Portugal. Brazil was a Portuguese colony, so many blacks were introduced to Brazil. /kloc-At the beginning of the 6th century, the Portuguese navigator Cabral led a sailing team and accidentally discovered Brazil in the protruding place of the American continent, and plundered the local resources. With the opening of new sea routes, Brazil completely belongs to Spain before 149 1.

Just like the United States, the United States also has the title of ethnic melting pot. They all opened up new routes when European countries discovered the new continent, and a large number of slaves were transported here, which led to the present United States and Brazil. After Portugal established its colony in Brazil, it began to build a large number of new plantations and forced the local indigenous people, that is, Indians, to be slaves. It was not until a large number of Indians died of overwork that they had the idea of Africa and slavery began gradually.

Portugal sold slaves to Brazil, which made blacks become a part of Brazil's population in the future. Due to the massive introduction of slaves, it also attracted a group of Portuguese immigrants. These Portuguese immigrants built the ruling class relationship between slave owners and slaves in the local area, forming the early Brazilian colonial society. With this relationship, cities were naturally born gradually.

With the continuous development of agriculture, Brazil has also established many port cities. After gradually entering the development cycle of mining economy, there was a gold legend in Brazil at that time, saying that there were many silver mines in the inland areas, so the Portuguese who loved money began to explore in Brazil, and they did find a lot of gold. Therefore, Brazil has also set off a gold mining frenzy, attracting countless Europeans to mine gold in Brazil, and this frenzy has also successfully changed Brazil's economic structure and structure.