In 1807, the British Parliament promulgated a decree prohibiting the slave trade, and the slave routes from Africa to European countries and affiliated colonies were forced to stop, but even so, it was still possible to trade in the original stock, but this stock was limited, the slave work was heavy so the mortality rate was high, and there was no place to replenish new slaves, and many farmers went bankrupt as a result, so that the sugarcane and cotton industries were hit very hard.
But these were nothing in the face of all evil human nature, and it didn't take long for them to think of a way, and a farmer, referring to the method of raising chickens and pigs, wondered if it was possible to raise slaves in the same way.
Friends who know about agriculture know that a rooster can match 15 hens, and a boar can match 25 sows, but this ratio is very small for the farmer, because the mortality rate has to be converted in the middle, and simply come directly to a 1 to 100, that is, 1 male black slave, with 100 female black slaves.
At first glance you may not believe it, but it did happen, according to statistics, he gave birth to 241 children before the emancipation of slaves, and after marriage, he gave birth to 9 more, which is just enough to make up the auspicious number of 250, and he lived to be 130 years old.
Photograph of Pata Sekka in her old age and youth
Pata Seca
Pata Secca, originally known as Roque Florencio, was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1828.
His father was captured by slave traders in Africa and taken to the Caribbean, where he was trafficked to Brazil, where he lived as a slave, not only doing manual work but also breeding, and his offspring became part of the slave owner's property.
One of the children was named Roque Florentio, but the slave owner did not realize the child's talent and sold him to a farmer named Francisco da Cunha Bueno and named Pata Seca.
At first, Pata Sekka was bought back to do farm work like other slaves, but as he grew older and his body developed, he actually grew to 2.18 meters, and his body was also very strong after long-term physical work, and one arm was thicker than an ordinary person's thigh, and you can imagine how thick it was in other places.
But the farmer Francisco saw not only his size, but also the hope that he would become the family's rise, and that in ten years he would no longer have to buy slaves, and that he would become the largest slave breeding base in Brazil.
Scientific breeding
Pata Seka thus had the privilege of not having to do farm work, only to drive a horse-drawn cart to transport goods between the farm and the city, but when he returned, he had to complete the breeding quota given to him by his master, and in order to ensure quality, he could rest for an hour at the end of each time, and of course the master would be on hand to supervise to prevent cheating.
But when a good thing turns into work, the pressure also follows, and even nausea makes him want to vomit when he sees something, so Seka chooses to run away.
But no matter how he runs, Seka will soon be found by the hounds, and after a dozen attempts, he will give up the idea of resisting and simply resign himself to fate.
In order not to affect the cultivation work, the farmer also provided him with good food and drink, for fear that he would run away again, and if he escaped once, he would delay the breeding index for a day, and this economic account would not be so cost-effective. In the decades that followed, Seka repeated the same work every day, and went on to produce 241 children, although some died in infancy or died while working. The children belonged to the farmer and had nothing to do with Pata Seka.
Slave emancipation
Seeing this, some friends may want to say why they don't revolt and rebel, but to be honest, they really don't want to, or the fear hidden in the collective consciousness.
When the earliest slave trade began, these slaves were captured, sold and died, they were tortured to varying degrees, and were whipped by slave owners from an early age, which made them develop a fear and inferiority complex for white people in their bones.
In 1835, Brazil experienced more than 20 different uprisings, in which the indigenous Brazilians rebelled against the oppression of the colonizers, but not a single black person participated.
Brazil had a population of 10 million in 1872, of which 15% were slaves and half were colonial rulers, as well as a small number of indigenous and mestizo people.
It was not until 1888, when Emperor Isabel of Brazil promulgated the Golden Law, that all slaves were emancipated.
Descendants of Pata Seka
Pata Seka received some land from his master and later married a woman named Palmyra and had nine children.
Since then, Pata Seka has finally had his own offspring, and this photo shows his grandson and granddaughter, as well as his great-great-grandson.
Pata Secca died in 1958, the year he was 130 years old, becoming a legend of the Black Brazilian generation.