Daiane do Nascimento gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by Butantan Institute in Quilombo Peropava, an afro-descendant community, first established by escaped slaves, in Registro, Sao Paulo state, Brazil July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
REGISTRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Escaped slaves in Brazil seeking to live freely often set up communities called quilombos where their former owners could not find them.
But the coronavirus has found its way to one, Peropava in Sao Paulo state, which has survived since slavery was abolished in 1888.
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