Escrava Anarcia Research Paper

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Escrava Anastacia was a popular saint honored in Brazil. She was a slave woman of African descent, and known for possessing great beauty. It is told that her eyes were piercing blue. Anastacia was a well-respected figure in and influential figure in Catholic devotion throughout Brazil. No one knows the official history of Anastacia and the stories of her life vary. Some historians place her birth in Africa to a royal family and others emphasize her Brazilian roots.
Her mother was taken by force by her white owner for his physical pleasure, and Escrava Anastacia was born the first Black female slave with blue eyes. The owner sent her far away, and never to disclose his discretion to his wife. As Anastacia grew older the versions of her life