Benedita, the fighter from Vassouras

freedom

Three months later, Benedita left Vassouras with 50 contos, new clothes and a signed postage letter. Joaquim paid his debt and renovated his quinta.

They never saw each other again.

Thirty years later, when Joaquim died of old age, peacefully in his bed, a letter was found on his bedside table. She came from Benedita.

She had opened a school in continue reading …