Kaapor

Kaapor lies near the mouth of the Maracaçumé, a river that descends from the Serra do Tiracambu to a coast fringed with mangroves and islands. From the late eighteenth century, communities of people escaping slavery, known as quilombos, formed in the country between the Gurupi and Turiaçu rivers, including the Maracaçumé valley. The maze of rivers and forest provided places to build lives beyond the reach of slaveholders.