Merced Guimarães dos Anjos
Eyewitness and founder of the New Blacks Research and Memory Institute who discovered an enslaved people's burial site beneath her Rio home and has campaigned to preserve and interpret the history of Rio's slave trade.
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May 13, 2026 • 9min
Uncovering a lost burial ground in Rio
Merced Guimarães dos Anjos, an eyewitness and founder of the New Blacks Research and Memory Institute, discovered an enslaved people’s burial ground beneath her 1866 Rio home. She recounts finding bones during renovations. The conversation covers the cemetery’s scale, the human cost of the transatlantic trade, creating a research centre, public remembrance and struggles with authorities and funding.
