Liberdade is the name of a district in the subprefecture of Sé, in São Paulo, Brazil. By various estimates, it is home to the world's largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan. Liberdade was previously known as "Campo da Forca" until the late 19th century, and was an area reserved for the execution of slaves and convicts. Death was considered the o…
Liberdade is the name of a district in the subprefecture of Sé, in São Paulo, Brazil. By various estimates, it is home to the world's largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan. Liberdade was previously known as "Campo da Forca" until the late 19th century, and was an area reserved for the execution of slaves and convicts. Death was considered the only path to liberty (liberdade) for slaves. The condemned were led to the Igreja Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte to perform a final prayer for a rapid and painless death. Slaves and convicts were executed in the Largo da Forca, the public square now known as Praça da Liberdade. Cemitério dos Aflitos was created in 1774 to bury executed slaves, people who had committed suicide, and others who could not be interred elsewhere.
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