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*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'''. | *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).''' | *'''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== | ==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).''' | 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).''' | ||