Some interesting context: Italians were the main source of labor for coffee plantations after slavery was abolished, but since the Brazilian gov’t was essentially scamming[1] them, the Italians issued the Prinetti Decree, which forbade Brazil of paying for the trips.
Brazilian govt was paying for the ships to bring in immigrants, so they had a free one way trip. What they didn’t expect was for the work condition to be barely better than that of the ex-slaves ↩︎
Some interesting context: Italians were the main source of labor for coffee plantations after slavery was abolished, but since the Brazilian gov’t was essentially scamming[1] them, the Italians issued the Prinetti Decree, which forbade Brazil of paying for the trips.
For people interested in reading in detail, this is a great source, available in english, japanese and portuguese - https://www.ndl.go.jp/brasil/e/s5/s5_1.html
Brazilian govt was paying for the ships to bring in immigrants, so they had a free one way trip. What they didn’t expect was for the work condition to be barely better than that of the ex-slaves ↩︎