Brazilian Diversity
Brazil is a mixture of races and ethnicities, resulting in rich diversity.
Many original Portuguese settlers married native women, which created a new race, called 'mestizos'.
'Mulattoes' are descendants of the Portuguese and African slaves.
Slavery was abolished in 1888, creating over time a further blurring of racial lines.
Unlike many other Latin American countries where there is a distinct Indian population, Brazilians have intermarried to the point that it sometimes seems that almost everyone has a combination of o European, African and indigenous ancestry.