Coffee Production 1870-1888: slave labor Wage labor from 1888 to now Many immigrants came to Brazil (Italians, Germans, Poles, Japanese) Immigrants often worked on coffee plantations Coffee produced on large plantations Mainly in Sao Paulo State At first, coffee productions had two obstacles: transportation and labor shortages Railroads were soon built and switching to wage labor made production far more efficient and labor was easy to come by
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