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- They brought in slaves from Africa to do all the hard work for free.

- They dug up mines and exported Brazil's precious/semiprecious stones.

- They exported Brazilian lumber (Brazil's name comes from a type of tree called "Pau Brasil" which was a popular export)

- They exported native animals and plants.

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