A Escrava Isaura 7.51 · 7.51

A rare warm note: Miguel proves the overseer's role was not doomed to cruelty — a decent man held it, and the place ran well and kindly. It sets up the contrast with Francisco, and quietly argues that the fazenda's misery is a choice, made by particular men, not an inevitability.

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