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“While a lack of written documentation by members of maroon communities compromises our understanding of the extent to which capoeiragem was practiced in specific quilombos, police records reveal that the martial art was used on the outskirts of the city to rescue captured quilombolas (quilombo members) being brought back to Rio from the surrounding areas.”
-T.J. Desch Obi, Fighting for Honor
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Hmmm… interesting
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