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Jacinta Maria de Santana

1870–1900

Brazil

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Jacinta Maria de Santana (c. 1870 – 26 November 1900) was an Afro-Brazilian woman. After her death, her body was embalmed by the coroner Amâncio de Carvalho and used as teaching material at the São Paulo Law School, before its affiliation with the University of São Paulo (USP), where it remained on display for nearly thirty years.

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