SCENES OF BAHIA'S RECÔNCAVO
(Where sugarcane and tobacco once reigned supreme)
Rusting remnants of sugar boom
Window of slave quarters
Rusting remnants of the sugar boom 
Window of basement slave quarters in an old plantation house
São Félix
 Jaguaripe's former gaol, where prisoners stood up to their necks in water when the river rose
  The town of São Félix, overlooking the River Paraguaçu. The Dannemann Cultural Centre holds art exhibits and demonstrates how cigars are made
Loading pottery made in Maragojipe's kilns, bound for São Joaquim market in Salvador
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All photographs by Sabrina Gledhill © 1998


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