Afro-Atlantic Histories, which opened in São Paulo in 2018, tells the story of the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies

Structural glass replaces missing walls and floors of a 1769 house, exposing indelible links to slavery

The historic documents “highlight the complexities of documenting America’s ‘peculiar institution’”

The Unesco-listed site is due to receive a museum of Afro-Brazilian culture