Trabalhos Forcados is a novel written by Joao Chagas in 1900. The book tells the story of a group of prisoners who are forced to work in harsh conditions in the Portuguese colonies in Africa. The main character is a young man named Manuel, who is wrongly accused of a crime and sent to the colonies to work in the mines. Manuel struggles to survive in the brutal environment, facing hunger, disease, and abuse from the guards. Along the way, he meets...
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