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The Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration

The Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration
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São Tomé, Água Grande
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Six plantation complexes document a colonial agro-industrial system for coffee and cocoa production that depended on forced migration and labor after the abolition of slavery.

UNESCO World Heritage property 1750; inscribed 2026 under criteria (iv). Heritage type: Cultural. This is a serial property with multiple component locations.

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