Share of Brazil's non-white population living in slavery 1872
Generally speaking, the northern and northeastern regions of Brazil had a smaller share of their non-white populations living in slavery than the southern and eastern regions at this time; this was likely due to the concentration of slave trading activities further from the equator in the second half of the 19th century. The reason for this was the British Navy's anti-slave-trade patrols in the Atlantic between 1808 and 1867, following the British abolition of the slave trade in 1807; this saw Portuguese and Brazilian slave traders take southern routes to the Americas to avoid interception, ultimately resulting in increased traffic to Brazil's southeasterly ports.