In 1887, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey all declared a special legal holiday in September to celebrate workers. â
Afro-Brazilian religions are popular with blacks and whites alike in Brazil. Some groups follow traditional African religious practices. An example is Condomble, a religion brought by the Yoruba people of Nigeria when they came to Brazil as slaves.
2nd group: Europeans (mostly Portuguese) (This group of people makes up most of the population of Brazil today so they still speak Portuguese because they come from people that spoke Portuguese.) Hundreds of years ago. 3rd group: African slaves from the slave trade. A couple hundred years ago.