7 "In the Northeast, abolition took place without major readjustments and the former slaves were incorporated into the different sectors of the region's rural workforce. Their fate was subsequently conditioned by the region's economic and social immobility (Hasenbalg, Carlos. Discrimina? e desigualdades raciais no Brasil. Belo Horizonte: Ed. UFMG, 2005 [1979], p. 164).
