Paper instructions:
Analyze the arguments posed by Furtado [she challenged the stereotype of the black female] in her reconstruction of the lives of Donna Francisca (Chica) da Silva de Oliveira and chief judge and diamond contractor Joao Fernandes de Oliveira and their descendants.
Be conscious of the practices of eighteenth century Portuguese America, especially the mining districts of Minas Gerais where men outnumbered women.
Use evidence to support the arguments in the essay.
