📜 Statue in Largo do Paiçandu, São Paulo, depicting an Afro-Brazilian woman breastfeeding an infant.
🔍 Commemorates enslaved 'Black mothers' forced to be wet nurses during the colonial period until the late 19th century.
💔 Powerful symbol of historical injustice and oppression
🚶♀️ Easily accessible in a public square
🏛️ Near Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos
🙏 Witness a living memorial with offerings
🚇 Nearest metro stations: São Bento (blue line) and República (red line).
💐 People often leave offerings like flowers and candles.
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