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A young boy walks the quiet shoreline of Ilha de Mare where escape slaves settled. In the community of forty people, Comunidade Praia Grande was declared a quilombo in 2004 after a long struggle for the land with a family that had long claimed ownership to it. The declaration gave the habitants rights to the land.
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Boys play with a soccer ball near the coconut tree lined shore line of Ilha de Mare.
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A fisherman tugs on a rope as he positions his boat.
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An unidentified villager rakes dried straw with the backdrop of the open sea.
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Commuters fill the ferry as they are transported from the mainland to Ilha de Mare. In the background is the skyline of city of Salvador.
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Hugo Dutra, 11, a direct descendant of black slaves (fifth generation) plays with his soccer ball inside the compounds of the Rio de Janeiro quilombo, where 35 people live.
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