Minas Gerais, 1800 – With only thirteen years of age, Anna was forced to marry the brute José Carlos. When he found out she
was sterile, José Carlos found a mistress, Joaninha Sarará, and then he started abusing Anna, getting her drunk and beating her. One day, not being courageous enough to do it herself, she asked her
slave Euzébio to kill José Carlos. The slave did it as told, she assumed the crime, was jailed and condemned to be hanged. When in prison, Anna sewed a vest and offered to D. Pedro I. The emperor liked it very much and cancel the hanging of Anna and ordered her to be exiled to Luanda in África. Once there, Anna got married with a gentleman by the name Bancroft and she was very happy until she died. In tribute to the place where she found happiness, Anna was buried with the alias of Anna D’África.