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*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=cape+verde Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Cape Verde | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=cape+verde Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Cape Verde | ||
==Immigration== | |||
*The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited when the '''Portuguese''' landed there in 1456. '''Slaves and Arabs''' from adjacent West Africa were brought to the islands to work on Portuguese plantations. As a result, many Cape Verdeans, are of mixed ethnicity (mestiços in Portuguese). European ancestors also include '''Italian, and French'''. | |||
*'''Italian seamen''' were granted land by the Portuguese Empire, followed by '''Portuguese settlers, exiles, and Portuguese Jews (lançados) who were victims of the Inquisition'''. Many foreigners from other parts of the world settled in Cape Verde as their permanent country. Most of them were '''Dutch, French, British, Spanish, (English), Arab and Jewish (from Lebanon and Morocco).''' | |||
==Emigration== | |||
Prior to independence in 1975, many thousands of people emigrated from drought-stricken Portuguese Cape Verde, formerly an overseas province of Portugal. Because these people arrived using their Portuguese passports, they were registered as Portuguese immigrants by the authorities. Today, '''more Cape Verdeans live abroad than in Cape Verde itself''', with significant emigrant Cape Verdean communities in '''Brazil and in the United States (102,000 of Cape Verdeans descent in the U.S., with a major concentration on the New England coast from Providence, Rhode Island, to New Bedford, Massachusetts).''' | |||
*In 2008, Portugal’s National Statistics Institute estimated that there were 68,145 Cape Verdeans who legally resided in Portugal. This made up "15.7% of all foreign nationals living legally in the country."<ref>"Cape Verdeans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdeans, accessed 12 June 2021.</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Online Records[edit | edit source]
- 1816-1931 Cabo Verde, passaportes, 1816-1931 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
- 1821-1876 Passaportes, 1821-1876 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
- 1836-1858 Cabo Verde, escravos (Slaves), images.
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Cape Verde
Immigration[edit | edit source]
- The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited when the Portuguese landed there in 1456. Slaves and Arabs from adjacent West Africa were brought to the islands to work on Portuguese plantations. As a result, many Cape Verdeans, are of mixed ethnicity (mestiços in Portuguese). European ancestors also include Italian, and French.
- Italian seamen were granted land by the Portuguese Empire, followed by Portuguese settlers, exiles, and Portuguese Jews (lançados) who were victims of the Inquisition. Many foreigners from other parts of the world settled in Cape Verde as their permanent country. Most of them were Dutch, French, British, Spanish, (English), Arab and Jewish (from Lebanon and Morocco).
Emigration[edit | edit source]
Prior to independence in 1975, many thousands of people emigrated from drought-stricken Portuguese Cape Verde, formerly an overseas province of Portugal. Because these people arrived using their Portuguese passports, they were registered as Portuguese immigrants by the authorities. Today, more Cape Verdeans live abroad than in Cape Verde itself, with significant emigrant Cape Verdean communities in Brazil and in the United States (102,000 of Cape Verdeans descent in the U.S., with a major concentration on the New England coast from Providence, Rhode Island, to New Bedford, Massachusetts).
- In 2008, Portugal’s National Statistics Institute estimated that there were 68,145 Cape Verdeans who legally resided in Portugal. This made up "15.7% of all foreign nationals living legally in the country."[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Cape Verdeans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdeans, accessed 12 June 2021.