Which poet is known as the 'poet of the slaves' for O Navio Negreiro?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Castro Alves
- Step 1: The poem condemns the slave trade. Step 2. Castro Alves wrote it in the Condoreira phase of Romanticism. Answer: Castro Alves. Why not the others: Dias wrote Canção do Exilio, and Azevedo and Cruz e Sousa are other poets.
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