Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sailors on the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes

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OriginalAfro-Brazilian and mulatto sailors pose for a photographer on board the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes, probably during the ship's visit to the United States in early 1913.
Reason
High-quality, restored image of a much-maligned class in Brazil: as stated in South American dreadnought race#Revolt of the Lash, "... the racial makeup of the navy's crews [was] heavily black or mulatto, as opposed to the mostly white officers. The Baron of Rio Branco commented: 'For the recruitment of marines and enlisted men, we bring aboard the dregs of our urban centers, the most worthless lumpen, without preparation of any sort.' ... This kind of impressment, combined with the heavy use of corporal punishment for even minor offenses, meant that relations between the black crews and white officers was tepid at best."
Articles in which this image appears
South American dreadnought race#Revolt of the Lash, Afro-Brazilian, Black people, Minas Geraes-class battleship, Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes
FP category for this image
People/Military
Creator
George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress, restored by Penyulap

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:22, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]