Father Antonio Vieira, S.J.(1608-1697)

• Preached to black slaves and King João VI

• Favored ceding Pernambuco to Dutch

• Headed Jesuit missions in Amazon (1653-61)

• Castigated slaving settlers, indolent clerics

• Expelled by settlers; jailed by Inquisition

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